The Supreme Court ruled on March 3 that even if a company has servers abroad, it can still be held liable for ...

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Behind a number of Japan's beloved sakura viewing sites are volunteer groups taking steps to ensure the cherry trees in their ...

An “iron hand” is needed to deal with an adversary that is destabilizing a region or the world, said a former key adviser to ...

A deadly surge in bear encounters has driven fearful residents indoors—not just to the safety of their homes, but to the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed Friday to work together to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease global economic uncertainties caused by the war in ...

Japan aims to reclaim its position as a global titan in shipbuilding, an industry once seen as emblematic of the nation’s ...

A record 6,832 individuals were detained in 2025 for various cannabis-related offenses, of whom about 70 percent were under ...

On the outside, a sophomore at the University of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture appears to maintain a rather ordinary student ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and opposition lawmakers clashed in the Diet on April 2 over her plan to restructure Japan’s ...

The National Police Agency announced its plan to conduct structural reform of police organizations on April 2 to meet a host of problems, including increasingly intricate crimes, fiercer competition ...

Oil prices continued to surge on worries of a prolonged Iran war but the Asian markets that were open Friday rose moderately ...