Russia and North Korea are considering a plan to deploy additional North Korean troops to three western Russian regions ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday morning, led by artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related shares, as the release of ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday called Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to an island in a Russian-held, Japanese-claimed island chain off Hokkaido "totally ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. tech giant Google LLC opened its first official store outside the United States in Tokyo on Thursday, at which customers can purchase new Pixel smartphones, Nest products and ...

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This photo taken from video released by Al Masirah TV channel shows a burning oil tanker after U.S. airstrikes targeted the Ras Isa oil port held by Yemen's Houthi rebels in Hodeida, Yemen, on April ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave the Trump administration at the end of the month to spend more time with her young ...

The total investment is expected to exceed 1 billion euros (about $1.15 billion). QIC has reportedly recently opened an office in Paris. Meanwhile, plans are already underway in Saudi Arabia for the ...

This Oct. 1, 2020 file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday, with the Topix ending at an all-time high, led by shares related to artificial ...

Two teenage boys were recently arrested on suspicion of firing fireworks horizontally toward two police boxes including one that was newly re ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited Etorofu Island in his first trip in office to the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed island chain off Hokkaido, drawing a backlash ...

Japan's wholesale prices in July rose 7.2 percent from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan said Thursday, led by increases in electric ...