Japan has been negotiating with the United States to make it possible for Japanese law enforcement officers to carry out their own investigations of serious incidents involving U.S. military aircraft.

Malaysia's hard-line attitude with Singapore over a territorial dispute reflects the often fractious relationship that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had with his peer, the late Lee Kuan Yew, founding father of the city-state.Recent tough stance toward Singapore reflects rocky relations of the past

An organization of gang groups based in the Kanto region around Tokyo has instructed its affiliates to refrain from using firearms ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, those familiar with the matter said.

The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of heavy snowfall in extensive areas of the Kanto region including Tokyo on Feb. 9, as the weather disrupted flights and other traffic.

A Thai party close to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced Saturday it would backtrack on its nomination of the elder sister of the country's king as a prime ministerial candidate following the monarch's opposition to the selection

Twitter on Thursday reported a sharp rise in quarterly profits, lifted by gains in advertising, but its shares took a hit on a declining user base and a move to a new audience measure.

German authorities ruled Thursday that Facebook should not be allowed to use customer data from other apps and websites to help target advertisements shown on their Facebook pages without their explicit consent, saying it was exploiting its dominant position in social media.

Led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the new study was carried out at the Fertility Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital where the team collected 1,143 semen samples from 662 men in couples seeking treatment, with an average age of 36 between 2000 and 2017.

In supporting the development of the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, the government urged education institutions to cooperate in improving the quality of Indonesia’s human resources.

The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday urged Japan to do more to let children be children, free of excessive pressures or corporal punishment in school or at home.

Government officials and former residents of the northern territories held various events around the nation calling for the islands’ return on Thursday, which was Northern Territories Day.

The government has issued a regulation over gas networks (Jargas) for households to reduce the consumption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributed through canisters, which still meet more than half of the national demand.