A former Thai prime minister has been ordered to pay about 300-million dollars' damages over a controversial rice subsidy ...

People in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, are working to revive their community following the Noto Peninsula earthquake that struck on New Year's Day last year. They believe an immersive tour ...

A major shareholder of Japan's Fuji Media Holdings says it will launch a proxy fight so that its candidates for the firm's board will gain approval at the upcoming general shareholders' meeting.

Japan's new agriculture minister Koizumi Shinjiro has pledged to tackle soaring rice prices as he officially takes over from ...

A fossil of a butterfly now believed extinct that was discovered in western Japan 37 years ago has been identified as that of a new species of the insect.

US President Donald Trump says he is recommending a 50 percent tariff on the European Union starting on June 1.

Japan's tariff negotiator is expected to propose greater investment by Japanese companies in the United States in the upcoming ministerial-level tariff talks in Washington.

Russia and Ukraine say they have received lists of prisoners of war for a major exchange agreed between the two countries earlier this month.

People in Australia have seen days of record rainfall that has triggered devastating floodwaters. The deluge has killed at least four.

The United Nations World Food Programme says that bakeries in parts of the Gaza Strip have resumed production, following the delivery of aid into the area for the first time in about two and a half ...

A family firm of US President Donald Trump has started developing a luxury golf resort in Vietnam. Hanoi may be hoping for special treatment from Washington amid the threat of high tariffs from the ...

Taiwan has lifted restrictions on beef imports from Japan by eliminating the 30-month age limit for cattle. Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration announced the revision to import regulations on ...