The prospect of tax cuts and tariff hikes pump the US currency and weaken the yen. We hear why the "Trump rally" might fizzle ...

Thailand has long accepted migrant workers and their children from neighboring Myanmar, but the influx has grown since ...

Leaders in the Asia-Pacific have reacted to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election. Indian Prime Minister ...

More and more people in South Korea are owning pets these days. That's prompting strong new bonds but also growing problems.

Animals at a zoo in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, have been given heaters and baths as early winter temperatures decline.

US media are reporting that Donald Trump's transition team has begun work following his victory in the presidential election.

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has apologized to lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party for its poor results in last month's Lower House elections and called on them to unite.

The mother of a Japanese woman who was abducted by North Korea at the age of 13 has made a fresh call for the early return of the abduction victims.

The Taliban interim government in Afghanistan have reacted to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election by saying it hopes it opens a new chapter in relations with the US. The interim ...

Lineup: 1. India, Philippines congratulate Trump on election win 2. Taliban hope for "new chapter" with Trump administration ...

The office of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol says the president spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump by phone on Thursday.

Police in Japan have arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing an elementary school girl in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, 18 years ago.