Lineup: 1. Rapper-turned-politician Shah set to become Nepali PM 2. ASEAN top diplomats discuss Mideast situation 3.

Japan's transport ministry has come up with draft guidelines aimed at reducing long waiting lines at women's toilets at stations and commercial facilities.

A city mayor in western Japan has had his driver's license suspended for 90 days for driving well above the speed limit on an expressway.

In Nepal, final results released Thursday show a political party backed strongly by young voters pulled off a landslide victory in last week's general election.

An art exhibition in Tokyo is giving female Japanese artists some of the recognition they deserve. We focus on the ...

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have held a special videoconference to discuss disruptions ...

Japan's population is aging, and millions suffer from dysphagia-they find it difficult to chew and swallow food. Nutritionist ...

Japan's health ministry has ordered a clinic in Tokyo to temporarily suspend providing regenerative medicine after a patient who received it died.

The US Central Command says a KC-135 refueling aircraft has crashed in western Iraq, and rescue efforts are ongoing. It says ...

As a teenager, Oguni Yuka watched as her grandparents' home was destroyed in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami ...

The International Energy Agency says the Middle East conflict has forced Gulf countries to reduce daily crude oil production by at least 10 million barrels. That's equivalent to about 10 percent of ...

PayPay shares jumped on the first day of Nasdaq trading for the company, which runs one of Japan's largest mobile payment ...