The Japanese Embassy in Belarus says the court hearing was held behind closed doors on Friday at a court in Minsk. The embassy's request to observe was denied. Nakanishi Masatoshi had worked as a ...

Polish upper-house Speaker Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska (right) and Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (left) hold a joint news conference in Warsaw on Thursday.Photo: PAP ...

Minsk and Moscow have dismissed accusations ... said on the private television TVN24. The Russian embassy in Warsaw, contacted by Reuters, said it had no information on the matter.

The Mission of Japan to NATO said Wednesday it has become independent of the Japanese Embassy in Brussels. The move is intended to boost security cooperation between Japan and NATO and to promote ...

The decree is aimed at nurturing a sense of pride in Belarusians for their country and a sense of belonging to the country’s ...

Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik met with Chief Executive Officer of the Russian company Transmashholding (TMH) Kirill Lipa to discuss the development of industrial cooperation.

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southwest Japan on Monday, the country's Meteorological Agency has said. The earthquake hit at 9.19 pm local time (3:19 pm CET), it added. Tsunami warnings were ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

Ukraine says it struck a major oil refinery in the Volograd region as part of its drive to target Russian infrastructure tied ...

In the closing days of 2024, Japan recorded the highest number of weekly influenza cases since it started keeping records in 1999. Japan set a new record of 317,812 weekly influenza cases for ...