A major Japanese oil company has acknowledged obtaining petroleum from Russia for the first time since the Strait of Hormuz ...

A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court ...

The Asahi Shimbun’s Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, set up a memorial altar and special room dedicated to a ...

JMA warns about s evere weather in eastern Japan, southwestern isl ands. The Japan Meteorological Agency on May 4 urged ...

And after her Liberal Democratic Party won more than two-thirds of the seats in the February Lower House election, the ...

SYDNEY--Australia and Japan agreed on Monday to deepen cooperation on energy and critical minerals, ‌as Japan Prime Minister ...

SINGAPORE--The yen strengthened suddenly against the dollar ‌on Monday with markets on alert for action by ⁠authorities ...

Rallies and gatherings both in favor and opposed to constitutional revision were held on May 3, Constitution Day, a national ...

Claims for workers’ compensation due to overwork and stress reached a record high of 1,097 in fiscal 2023, up 193 from the ...

豪州を訪問中の高市早苗首相は4日午後、首都キャンベラで記者団の取材に答え、中東情勢の悪化を受けた今年度補正予算の編成について、「すぐさま必要な状況とは考えていない」と改めて述べた。 米中の間でひかれ合う「準同盟国」日本と豪州、エネルギーも安保も ...

京都三大祭りの一つ、葵祭（あおいまつり）（15日）を前に、祭りのヒロイン・斎王代（さいおうだい）が4日、世界遺産・下鴨神社（京都市左京区）で心身を清める「御禊（みそぎ）の儀」に臨んだ。

トランプ米大統領は、イラン情勢を巡る報道に反発し、訴追の可能性にも言及した。米軍の被害や作戦の混乱を伝えた報道が「敵を利した」という理屈だ。 事実を伝える営みを「裏切り」とみなす発想自体が民主国家の指導者として常軌を逸している。