SAPPORO, Japan -- Niseko on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido is renowned as a destination for winter sports. But moves are underway to make the area an all-year attraction as resorts expand ...

TURIN, Italy -- In the heart of Turin, in Italy's Piedmont region, global gourmands gathered last month for the 23rd edition of the World's 50 Best Restaurants ranking. And while Europe was the center ...

MAE AI, Thailand/CHIANG RAI, Thailand -- Chinese rare-earth mining in Myanmar may be sending toxic substances into waterways flowing through Thailand into the Mekong River, local people and experts ...

TOKYO -- Talk of raising Japan's corporate tax is coming from both the ruling and opposition parties as one of the few funding sources they can agree on.

DANANG, Vietnam -- Vo Ba Thong, 15, lost his father to COVID-19. His mother was also infected with the virus. She survived but lost her job. With debt piling up and a younger sibling now under the ...

TOKYO -- 7-Eleven parent Seven & i Holdings remains intent on a stock market listing for its American convenience store unit and will channel some of the proceeds into growth, Chairman Junro Ito said.

After the two leaders met in Alaska on Friday, Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Putin had offered to freeze most front lines if Kyiv ceded all of Donetsk, the industrial region ...

TOKYO -- Japan is looking to start domestic discussions on possible trade agreements with African countries, seeking to promote auto exports and other commerce, Nikkei has learned.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Saturday it has lodged a "strong protest" with South Korea over suspected maritime research near islets in the Sea of Japan that are controlled by ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -- More than 300 people are dead in northwest Pakistan after two days of heavy rains and flash floods, local officials said on Saturday.

In a major shift, Trump also said he had agreed with Putin that the best way to end the war was to go straight to a peace settlement -- not via a ceasefire, as Ukraine and its European allies, until ...