Japan recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius (107.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, prompting the ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said he would leave for Washington on Tuesday, seeking to press for President ...

The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...

Japan clinched a landmark A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) deal on Tuesday to build Australia's next-generation warships, marking ...

Australia said Tuesday it accepted a Japanese company's bid for a lucrative and hotly contested contract to build Australian ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has become Japan’s oldest living person.

Japan logged two new heat records in a day on Tuesday, with the mercury hitting 41.6C and then 41.8C, the weather office said ...

Australian minister lauds deal for next-generation, Mogami-class frigates and their long-range missile capabilities.

Two barges loaded with fireworks for a summer festival display near Tokyo caught ablaze, forcing five workers to jump into ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce Tuesday a major shift in rice policy -- from curbing output to boosting it -- ...

Against this backdrop, the frigate deal serves as a diplomatic balm. It is both a reassurance to Tokyo and a statement of ...