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.