Japan's key stock indexes closed at record highs on Tuesday, with the Nikkei topping 53,000 for the first time, amid growing speculation that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi could dissolve the House of ...

Venus Williams lost 6-4, 6-3 to Tatjana Maria in the first round at the Hobart International on Tuesday, less than a week before her appearance at the Australian Open. The 45-year-old Williams ...

Police in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 60-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 88-year-old mother at their home. Police said Osamu Hinatadera is accused of killing his bedridden ...

Police in Sapporo have arrested a 32-year-old man in on suspicion of shoplifting premium whiskey. The man is suspected of ...

Earlier this month, the Fukui Prefectural Government Tokyo Office hosted a two-day tour for staff of overseas institutions ...

Toyota Motor Corp remained the world's top-selling automaker in 2025 for the sixth straight year, data showed Monday, as Volkswagen AG released its full-year sales figures that fell short of the ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed to step up cooperation between the neighbors, whose relations are occasionally strained, as they both face ...

The former mayor of the eastern Japanese city of Maebashi was reelected Monday after she resigned in November over repeated ...

President Donald Trump said on Monday any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on any trade with the U.S., as ‌Washington weighs a response to the situation in Iran ...

One of Australia's top writers' festivals was cancelled on Tuesday, after 180 authors boycotted the event and its ‌director resigned saying she could not be party to silencing a Palestinian author and ...

Should foreign tourists pay more for state-funded galleries than locals, or should art be accessible to all, without discrimination? France is hiking prices for non-Europeans at the Louvre this week, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in her hometown on Tuesday, in a summit meant to stabilize ties between the two sometime-rivals as Japan's worries ...