Evacuation orders that followed the earthquake off the Sanriku coast were all lifted by Tuesday morning. The evacuation ...

South Korean police said Tuesday they are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investigation into allegations that he ...

A police officer was bitten by a bear on his face and right arm in a forest in Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture, at around 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

Criticism against the U.S. attack on Iran is mounting across Europe, and even right-wing elements that had maintained good relations with U.S. President Donald Trump have begun to distance themselves.

Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms ...

Eight paintings by children from around the world have received the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Award at the 56th International Children’s Art Exhibition. Judges praised the works for such elements ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a “masakaki” ritual tree offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday for its spring festival, which began the same day.

The total length of sewer pipes in Japan that have been judged to require countermeasures due to risks such as cave-ins ...

The government on Tuesday effectively lifted its ban on the export of weapons with lethal or destructive capabilities by scrapping the “five category” rule that had long restricted such transfers.

Two Chinese Navy vessels — a destroyer and a frigate — passed between Amami Oshima Island and Yokoatejima Island, both in Kagoshima Prefecture, on Sunday, moving from the East China Sea into the ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday as optimism grew from reports that Tehran is considering attending peace talks ...

The government is establishing a system to quickly dispatch Disaster Welfare Assistance Teams, or DWATs, to disaster-hit ...