Japan

Japan has the world's longest life expectancy due to a significant decrease in mortality from a number of diseases.

Seoul's spy agency has claimed that Pyongyang may have received support from Russia.

Japan began releasing treated radioactive waste water from the damaged nuclear plant into the sea in August of this year.

Numerous victims of the late founder and owner of the Japanese talent agency demanded compensation for the abuse they went through with the company.

China's ban on Japanese seafood imports has created tensions between the two countries, as the latter has publicly called the ban "totally unacceptable."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States and its allies of turning the waters off the Korean Peninsula into "the most unstable waters."

A river in Nago City, Japan, turned blood red following a leak from a beer factory leaving the residents worried.

Iceland has finally decided to suspend the practice of whale hunting until the end of August.

As Japan's stock market posts a 33-year high, optimists point to the underlying robustness of firms' earnings but pessimists are wary of potential policy change.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has met with Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, at the G7 summit in Japan.

The partnership between Britain and Japan responds to the "current energy crisis and to climate change" with the aim of advancing clean energy technologies. Meanwhile, Japanese firms have committed to investment just shy of £18 billion into the British economy.

The most significant joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea have been held in the past five years coincide with Pyongyang's most recent tests.

The government of Japan aims to establish permanent flight routes over a coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture this summer for the testing of "flying cars."

It had suggested a reduction in student loan payments or a full exemption for those who want to have a child.

Japan is facing one of the lowest birth rates in the world.

As the Russia Ukraine war, the biggest war in Europe since World War II, enters its second year, many Asian companies still continue their operations in Russia.

A Japanese startup, Iwaya Giken plans to start stratospheric balloon rides or commercial balloon rides later this year.

The Japanese police have arrested as many as 17 men accused of filming thousands of women bathing in hot springs over a period of 30 years.

At least eight people, including six Chinese nationals, died after a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship sank in waters between South Korea and Japan.

The actions and potential implications of several countries, including Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran indicates that change is occurring in these countries and their actions have the potential to affect the global order. The US has the power and capability to assist and influence events in these countries, but should do so in a way that avoids being perceived as meddling. The US should work to deter expansionist behavior by China in the Indo-Pacific region and to calm tensions with North Korea.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev slammed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for the latter's "subservience" to the United States.

An 81-year-old Japanese man pushed his disabled wife into the sea because he was "tired of taking care of her."

Mikizo Ueda, who was the oldest living man in Japan, passed away at the age of 112 in the city of Nara last week.

Dugong, a species that inspired ancient tales about mermaids and sirens for centuries, has been declared functionally extinct in China

A study conducted by researchers in Japan found that dogs produce tears of joy when reunited with their owners after hours of separation.

An elderly woman was found inside cardboard boxes on the side of a highway after being dumped by her family in Puebla, Mexico.

Japan's national weather agency issued its top-level alert after the Sakurajima volcano, located in the Kagoshima Prefecture, erupted on Sunday.

A Japanese man has admitted to killing at least 30 green sea turtles after they got stuck in his fishing nets.

A US exploration team has managed to successfully unearth a ship that had sunk during World War II

An extremely rare 15ft megamouth shark washed ashore in a village in the Philippines.