The Japanese government on Friday approved a 8.56 trillion yen stopgap budget to fund its spending for 11 days into April, as it struggles to secure the enactment of the annual budget in time for the ...

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement, whose attacks on the Red Sea caused international shipping and trade chaos during the Gaza war, stands ready to strike ‌the key waterway again in solidarity with ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved its next basic tourism plan including steps to bring the number of areas with measures against overtourism to 100 by 2030, the first time it has set a target ...

The average retail price of gasoline in Japan fell to 177.70 yen per liter from a record-high 190.80 yen last week, thanks to a resumption of subsidies to cap fuel costs after the Iran war led to ...

In June 2024, a couple living in a rental apartment in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward received an email from their landlord requesting a rent hike of 40,000 yen after their lease renewal -- a shock that made ...

Nuclear power is getting a second look in Southeast Asia as countries prepare to meet surging energy demand as they vie for artificial intelligence-focused data centers. Several Southeast Asian ...

Police in Akabira City, Hokkaido, have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of assault for allegedly beating his two elementary school sons, both under the age of 10. The man is suspected of ...

The Fukuoka High Court has ordered the mother of a 20-year-old man, currently in prison, who killed a 21-year-old woman when he was 15 in 2020, to pay 54.1 million yen in compensation to the victim’s ...

People walk along the torii path at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto on Monday.

Ilia Malinin bounced back from misfiring at the Milan Cortina Olympics by leading after the short program at the figure skating world championships on Thursday. With a new haircut, Malinin showcased ...

Japan's skip Satsuki Fujisawa, center, delivers a stone as lead Yurika Yoshida, left, and second Yumi Suzuki sweep during the bronze medal game against Sweden at the World Women's Curling Championship ...

South Korean rescue workers on Saturday recovered the remains of 14 people from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where an explosion and fire injured at ...