Japan's central bank ended a policy meeting with rates on hold as expected. But when it also announced plans to start ...

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The king of Thailand has endorsed the new cabinet of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who took office after his ...

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Paralympic gold medalist Kawai Junichi will become the new commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency. Our site uses cookies and other technologies to give you the best possible experience. By using this ...

After WWII, thousands of children born to Japanese fathers were left behind in the Philippines. Many became stateless. Eighty ...

The leaders from Japan's ruling coalition parties and the largest opposition party have agreed to set up a council to discuss measures to provide cash handouts and tax breaks.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says a magnitude 7.8 quake occurred off the east coast of Kamchatka, in the Russian Far ...

President Donald Trump says the US is pushing to get a military base in Afghanistan back from the Taliban. Bagram Airfield was the biggest US base in the country until American forces withdrew in 2021 ...

Artist and journalist George Butler reports from conflict zones around the world through hand-drawn illustrations - a deliberately slow process that helps him go beyond the headlines.

An international team of scientists says it has found a fossil of a new species of pachycephalosaur, a type of dinosaur known for their dome-shaped skulls.