Official campaigning for Japan's general election kicked off Tuesday, with over 1,180 candidates running for the 475-seat House of Representatives, or the lower house, in the country's bicameral parliament, but the result may disappoint voters as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) may secure an unpopular victory due to a divided opposition camp and a twisted electoral system.
Japanese politicians have recently expressed growing concern about the rising numbers of a section of society aged roughly between 15 and 34 known both in Japan and globally by the acronym NEET (Not In Education, Employment or Training), as the government desperately tries to reboot the employment market as part of its bid to yank the world's third- largest economy out of recession and back on a recovery path.
Wheels have been set in motion to make history in Sri Lanka after incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for snap presidential elections on Jan. 8 and sought a third term.
Despite global protest against the mass slaughter of animals as part of the celebration of the Gadhimai Festival in Nepal, the Nepali people have continued to preserve their century-old Hindu tradition.
South Korean boy band Big Bang's best album topped Japan's weekly album chart, the band's management agency said Tuesday. "The Best of Big Bang 2006-2014,"a compilation album featuring the band's hit songs and music videos, ranked first in Japan's Oricon Weekly Album Chart in the first week of its release on Nov. 26, said the YG Entertainment, which manages a stable of popular acts such as"Gangnam Style"rapper Psy and girl group 2NE1.
A memorial for the victims of Nanjing Massacre was held in the city on Monday, as a prelude for the upcoming first national memorial day.
An international conference on literary culture will be organized for New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin to celebrate its designation as a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) City of Literature, Mayor Dave Cull announced Tuesday.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Monday that they will launch their second-generation asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 on Dec. 3.
Japan's time-honored sex industry still booms today, with its modern-day heart now located in the neon-lit, hedonistic, red-light district of Kabukicho, where despite Japan's Anti-Prostitution Law, everything is for sale, including young girls' hopes and dreams.
Malaysia has been accepted as the full member of the MH17 Joint Investigation Team, Malaysian Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail said on Monday.
As the people across the globe are commemorating World AIDS Day on December 1, the prevalence of the HIV virus is found highest among migrants and their spouses in Nepal.
Chinese dairy giant Yili's first major plant abroad was officially opened in New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday with the announcement that it will almost triple its investment in the factory by 2019.
South Korea's headline inflation fell to the lowest in nine months on the back of lower oil prices and the weak demand-side inflationary pressure caused by sluggish economic recovery, a government report showed Tuesday.
A breakaway faction of Nepal's CPN- Maoist, which is led by youth leader Netra Bikram Chand, has announced the formation of a new party, the faction leader said on Monday.
A South Korean fishing ship sank in the Bering Sea Monday, with at least one person dead and 52 missing, Yonhap News Agency reported citing the fisheries ministry.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said here Monday that a series of polls have indicated that more and more HK residents demand an end to the Occupy Central Movement and he urged remaining protesters to leave the occupied sites.
For a year or so, drinking a cup of tea at leisure has gradually become a new fashion in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and a number of teahouses sprang up around the capital city of Pyongyang.
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