Beijing's recent call on Chinese citizens to avoid travel to Japan has hit the country's tourism industry hard, with hotels reporting many cancellations. They're having to come up with new strategies.

Two Japanese snowboarders have won medals in the men's halfpipe at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Totsuka Yuto took gold, and Yamada Ryusei bronze.

Major political parties in Thailand have agreed to form a government, days after a general election. The ruling Bhumjaithai ...

Huge ice-covered trees dubbed "snow monsters" are attracting crowds to a mountain range in northern Japan. The evergreens blanketed in white are at their viewing best in the Zao mountains, which ...

US President Donald Trump says the talks between the US and Iran regarding Tehran's nuclear development program could ...

Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych has been banned from the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games for wearing a ...

The Embassy of Japan in Russia has opened new visa application centers to meet growing demand among Russians wishing to visit ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance has selected Ogawa Junya to take the reins days after the party lost major ground in the Lower ...

New home prices fell in about 88 percent of major Chinese cities in January compared with a month earlier. The figure ...

The main opposition party in Japan's Lower House, the Centrist Reform Alliance, has chosen Ogawa Junya to be its new ...

US President Donald Trump announced a major policy shift for the country. He said he will revoke regulations on greenhouse ...

Lineup: 1. Former main opposition party wins landslide in Bangladesh 2. Major parties in Thailand agree to form coalition 3. Thailand looks to attract Chinese visitors over Lunar New Year holiday 4.