The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned the residents of 17 provinces across the country to be wary of potential heavy rains in the regions

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is widely expected to win his ruling party's leadership election Thursday, setting him on course to become Japan's longest-serving premier

After seven years of bitter relationship since Japan’s declaration of nationalizing the Senkaku Archipelagos in 2012, it seems that China is changing attitude toward Japan to normalize the relationship

An earthquake with an intensity of 7 on the Japanese seven‐stage seismic scale occurred in Hokkaido early in the morning of the 6th of September

During this year’s “Eastern Economic Forum” held in Vladivostok this week, Russian President Putin suggested in a plenary session of September 12 that Japan and Russia should pursue to conclude a peace treaty first before trying to solve the Northern Islands issue

In a rapidly advancing world in which people now have access to life-prolonging medicines and mass produced food, modern cities have become the centers for these scientific and technological advancements. This has lead to skyrocketing population growth in urban centers

Indonesia and South Korea have set a target of increasing bilateral trade to US$30 million by 2020, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said in Seoul on Monday

Bank Indonesia has been the most aggressive central bank in Asia this year, not only on interest rates but on foreign-currency intervention as well

Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., announced on Monday his plans for stepping down from the e-commerce giant and handing over responsibilities to senior management. Since founding the company in 1999 with 17 other people in Hangzhou, China, Ma has become the distinctive face of the company -- and through its success, the country’s technology industry

Indonesia is set to join the global treaty on the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) on tax matters this month, and will then have virtually all the “high-caliber weapons” it needs to hunt down tax evaders — not just within the country but anywhere in the world, including tax-haven countries

Bank Indonesia Governor of North Sumatra said that the central bank spent Rp. 7.1 trillion (US $ 476 million) since last Friday to help the rupiah, which stood at Rp. 14,930 per US dollar at 3:30 pm on Tuesday

The toll in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century rose Wednesday to nine, with thousands of strikes at a major airport because of storm damage