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

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

The driver of a sweet potato truck managed to escape unhurt after his vehicle turned into a fireball on the streets of Kumamoto City on Thursday night.

Japan's Lower House has passed a draft budget bill for the next fiscal year beginning in April. At 122 trillion yen, or about 765 billion dollars, it's the biggest ever. The budget has now been sent ...

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 ...