VIENTIANE: The government of Japan has provided more than US$370 million in financial support to implement 150 development ...

A Japanese court handed down an eight-year jail sentence on Tuesday to the father of a woman who publicly accused him of rape ...

Danilo Yavhushyshyn left his native Ukraine 3 1/2 years ago — just after Russia launched a full-scale invasion — and has ...

With the continued increase of elderly drivers involved in motor-vehicle accidents, the chief director of the Japanese ...

The Japanese government plans to step up efforts to stem the country's tumbling birth rate by helping to fund more sophisticated artificial intelligence matchmaking systems, media said on Monday.

Explore Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, offering a unique blend of island life, rich culture, and stunning natural ...

Tumbling numbers of pregnancies and marriages in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic are likely to intensify a demographic crisis in the rapidly ageing nation.

I spent 4 nights at Yotel Tokyo Ginza, a hybrid robot hotel in Tokyo. The robot room service and check-in was novel, but it ...

Tokyo – The English translation of ‘jōhatsu’ is “evaporation”, a term used in Japan to refer to people who intentionally vanish from their lives. Generally applied to the sciences of physics, ...

A Japanese company specializing in the development and sale of "completely nutritious" foods was to add cup ramen to its ...

Wales head coach Steve Tandy has revealed details of his first conversations with Louis Rees-Zammit after naming the flying ...