Policymakers at the Bank of Japan have decided to leave the central bank's easing program unchanged as they wrapped up their two-day meeting on Friday.

A man who has come forward as a victim of sexual abuse by the founder of Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates says he has met its new president and received an apology from him.

Ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region disputed by Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan, have agreed to fully disarm.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has won this year's Global Goalkeeper Award for his contribution to pursuing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made many appeals to world leaders since Russian forces launched their invasion. On Tuesday, he urged delegates to the United Nations General Assembly to "act united" in Ukraine's defense.

Japan's Crown Prince and Princess Akishino have started their trip to Vietnam to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties between Japan and Vietnam.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has arrived in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, where he will call for international cooperation and reforms to the world body.

Japanese weather officials are warning that moist air is making atmospheric conditions in northern Japan extremely unstable and triggering heavy rain there.

A steel frame has fallen at a construction site in central Tokyo, leaving two workers dead and three wounded.

A United Nations expert says the human rights situation in Russia has "significantly deteriorated" since the country invaded Ukraine in February last year.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck northeastern Japan. Officials say there is no threat of tsunami.

A major Japanese steelmaker has shut down the last blast furnace at its plant in the city of Kawasaki, near Tokyo.