Vietnam's foreign ministry published a map defining its baseline claim in the Gulf of Tonkin, where it shares a maritime border with China, which it said on Friday was to help protect and enforce its ...

U.S. troops and other commuters in Japan will soon be able to purchase unregistered Suica and Pasmo smart cards again, ...

The sprawling four-acre exhibit honors Sasebo Japan, Albuquerque’s sister city ... And when the lights finally come on, the exhibit is breathtaking. Bamboo lanterns line the pathways as colored lights ...

Brits waiting on chilly, wet railway platforms in the middle of winter for another late arrival may wish the UK could be more like Japan. With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling ...

The Tokyo Metro subway system offers through trains to Kawagoe-shi station on the TOBU Tojo line, and Hanno station on theSEIBU Ikebukuro line. Please make sure to take a train leaving for Wako-shi & ...

One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

I set out on a 3 ½-week trip to Japan. The timing worked out — the favorable dollar-to-yen exchange rate, mild weather, and vibrant autumn foliage made it a great time to visit. With little ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf ... other locations subject to naming disputes. Outside of Japan and South Korea, the body of water bordering both nations ...

What made this possible was the emergence of the free messaging app Line, which has some 97 million users in Japan. The woman in her 50s who filmed the video was frequently troubled by the roar of ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December, the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed earlier on Friday, in a sign rising fuel and food prices continue to push up ...