The Japan Tourism Agency has released a revised basic plan to more than double the number of regions tackling overtourism to 100, while maintaining ambitious goals for boosting inbound visitor numbers ...
TAIPEI--A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait in ‌international airspace on Wednesday, in ⁠a move ...
BRUSSELS/PARIS--G7 energy ministers stopped short of agreeing ‌on a release of strategic oil reserves on Tuesday and ⁠instead ...
JAKARTA--A massive avalanche of garbage at Indonesia’s largest landfill killed seven people after heavy overnight rain ...
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi plans to visit the Philippines and Indonesia in early May, where he is expected to discuss ...
BEIJING-- China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls “ethnic unity,” a measure that critics say would further erode the rights of some minority groups as authorities cement a ...
SEOUL--North Korean leader ‌Kim Jong Un visited a munitions ⁠factory on ⁠Wednesday, state media KCNA reported, releasing photographs that showed ⁠him touring the facility with his teenage daughter and ...
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations urged Resona Bank to stop requiring “special permanent residents,” who are primarily ethnic Koreans, to present certificates for their status when opening an ...
Chinese government agencies and state-owned enterprises ‌have warned staff in recent days against installing artificial ⁠intelligence agent OpenClaw on ⁠office devices for security reasons, according ...
Nearly 40 percent of households that remain in evacuation from the Fukushima nuclear accident say their lives have not recovered since the disaster struck 15 years ago, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.
A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices.
JAKARTA--Indonesia and Australia are planning to expand their security cooperation to include Japan and Papua New Guinea, Jakarta's Defense Minister said on Thursday after ‌a meeting with his ...