Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo Metropolitan government will start a system that effectively allows same-sex marriage in Japan's capital in the next...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - China's Uyghur Muslim ethnic group, which has a wide presence in Turkey, welcomed a U.S. boycott of...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 100 Japanese lawmakers from several political parties visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead in...

Baikonur, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said he could barely contain his excitement a day ahead of blasting...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will review the timeframe early next year for its target of balancing the budget, Prime Minister...

By Chang-Ran Kim and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States Embassy in Tokyo on Monday warned in a...

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia has detected the Omicron coronavirus variant in 18 of 19 samples sequenced between Nov. 11-26, its...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Monday to ensure worker wage...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Monday to ensure workers' wage hikes through tax breaks to...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese voters' support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ticked up after his government enforced tighter border controls...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, on Sunday celebrated her coming...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has weakened China's power in the Indo-Pacific, and the region's deepening security uncertainties present...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is likely to cancel a planned trip to the United States for...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has deployed its Bastion coastal missile defence system to a remote part of the Kuril island...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest serving leaders after 36 years in...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan on Thursday reversed a ban on inbound flight reservations, revealing confusion between government agencies and the public...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's foreign ministry summoned Japan's ambassador in Beijing for an "emergency meeting" on Wednesday, after former Japanese Prime...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said the country must be prepared for...

(Reuters) - Air travellers to the United States will face tougher COVID-19 testing rules to try to slow the spread...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A 69-year-old man survived 22 hours lost at sea off southern Japan, sat on the stern of...