A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off Japan's south-western coast, triggering a small tsunami.

A Rangpur court rejects bail petitions of two accused in Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi murder case.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Masud Bin Momen assures Japanese Diet members and business leaders of security in Bangladesh.

Toyota returns to the top slot in global vehicle sales after releasing figures for the first nine months of the year.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith describes the alerts issued by different diplomatic missions in Dhaka after the murder of the two foreign nationals as excesses.

Amid concerns following the killing of an Italian aid worker and a Japanese citizen, the US Embassy in Dhaka yesterday updated its

One of Japan’s first woman photo-journalists Tsuneko Sasamoto continues shooting and capturing moments with her camera at the age of 101.

A two-member team from the Japanese embassy in Dhaka seek Rangpur district administration’s cooperation in probing the murder of its national Kunio Hoshi.

Toyota introduces a miniature version of the Miata after the huge success of the FR-S.

In the wake of killing of two foreign nationals in Bangladesh, diplomats in Dhaka seek additional security everywhere across the country.

A Rangpur court today placed Rashed-un-Nabi Khan Biplob,a local BNP activist, and Humayun Kabir Hira on a 10-day remand in Japanese national Hoshi Kunio murder case.

The US, Japan and 10 other Pacific rim countries sign a controversial and sweeping trade agreement that covers about 40 percent of the world economy.

Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and China's Youyou Tu win the Nobel Medicine Prize for their discoveries of treatments against parasites, the jury says.

Five days into the killing of an Italian citizen in Dhaka, a Japanese national is gunned down in northern district of Rangpur. Five persons detained for interrogation.

105-year-old Japanese sprinter became Guinness World Records oldest competitive sprinter after running the 100-meter dash and finishing at a respectable 42.22 seconds.

In a move that saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's nationalist government facing the stiffest resistance from pacifists and opposition parliamentarians alike, the Japanese Diet (Parliament) last week voted into law a bill that will allow Japan to deploy its military in combat roles beyond its territorial boundaries for the first time in seven decades.

US online giant Amazon says it is launching its streaming video service in Japan along with its Fire TV devices.

Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman have been kidnapped from a tourist resort in the southern Philippines, the military has said.

A problem with Skype's status system causes many people to be unable to use the service currently.

Japan has handed over 30 mobile desalination units to Bangladesh that can turn river water safe for drinking during times of emergency.