The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's National Diet, comprises 248 members who serve six-year terms.

China launched its first undergraduate program in companion animal science, also known as the "pet" major, in response to ...

The case came to light on July 1, when market regulators and police in Maiji district received reports of abnormal blood lead ...

It is only natural that multinational companies should wish to invest in India, given its large and steadily growing domestic ...

The GENIUS Act, the first federal regulation in this regard, was passed by the US Senate in June and by the House of ...

The coastal city of Qingdao in Shangdong province has become a model for advanced urban governance by blending technological ...

TOKYO -- Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on as Japan's prime minister after his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito appeared to be on course to lose their upper house ...

Typhoon Wipha is the strongest storm to hit Hong Kong in two years, with average wind speeds exceeding 118 kilometers per ...

Rustem Umerov, who headed the Ukrainian delegation in the previous two talks in Istanbul, had sent the Russian side the offer ...

BEIJING -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted 142 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia at 0628 GMT on Sunday, ...

GUANGZHOU -- South China's Hainan and Guangdong provinces have been placed on high alert as Typhoon Wipha, the sixth typhoon ...

HANOI -- The death toll has risen to 37 after a cruise ship capsized in Ha Long Bay, northern Vietnam's Quang Ninh province, ...