Police in Tokyo have arrested a 71-year-old woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of her brother in a room at their home for three years. Police said they believe the woman, Yoshiko Nitta, may ...

Japan's health insurance system, praised globally for supporting one of the world's longest-lived populaces, ensures medical care remains affordable for all residents through mechanisms such as capped ...

Nowhere is the border-crossing nature of cinema more evident than the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to enact tariffs on international ...

Millions of Filipinos headed to the polls Monday in a mid-term election widely seen as a referendum on the explosive feud between President Ferdinand Marcos and impeached Vice President Sara Duterte.

I suspect the US will get its forces out of Japan in the event of a Taiwan conflict. Whether that alone causes Japan to be drawn into the war, I don't know. No they have not a reliable Allie, A Allie ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new salvo of measures to toughen up Britain's migration system on Sunday, saying many immigrants would have to wait longer before getting the status ...

Asian shares advanced Monday after two days of trade talks between China and the U.S. made what the U.S. side said was “ substantial progress.” U.S. futures and oil prices also advanced. Officials ...

A massive fire that destroyed a large shopping center in Warsaw last year was the result of arson ordered by Russian intelligence services, Polish officials said Sunday on the eve of the one-year ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday they reached a deal with China to cut the U.S. trade deficit, describing "substantial progress" in ...

At the biggest jewelry center in the United States, Alberto Hernandez fired up his machine on a recent day and waited until it glowed bright orange inside before shoveling in an assortment of rings, ...

A ceasefire between India and Pakistan was holding on Sunday after both sides blamed the other for initial violations, as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to help the arch-rivals find a solution on ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, decided to disband and end its armed struggle, a news ...