East Japan Railway is looking to bring its ticket gates up to speed with modern life. Officials are testing facial-recognition technology along the Joetsu Shinkansen line in the central prefecture of ...

US President Donald Trump is trying to strengthen ties with countries that are rich in natural resources, especially rare earths. He welcomed the leaders of five Central Asian nations, including ...

Investigative sources say a man who allegedly forced a 12-year-old Thai girl to work at his massage parlor had split all her ...

Tokyo police have arrested the president of a web PR firm on suspicion of stealing expensive Pocket Monster trading cards ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has pledged measures to protect people amid a rising number of bear attacks.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae spent the early hours of Friday morning preparing for her first Lower House budget ...

Hundreds of Indians who worked at a scam center in Myanmar are now being repatriated. They are among more than 1,000 foreign ...

The US Supreme Court has judged in favor of President Donald Trump's policy that requires US passports to correspond to the ...

A street sign honoring the late maestro Ozawa Seiji has been unveiled at an intersection outside a symphony hall in central ...

The Maldives says it has become the first country in the world to impose a nationwide generational tobacco ban. It took ...

US President Donald Trump has suggested that he would consider an alternative plan if the Supreme Court rules against his ...

The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution to lift sanctions against Syria's interim President Ahmed ...