Taylor Swift, Kiss' Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Alanis Morissette and Kenny Loggins make up the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. Swift's songwriting has ...

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years. The social video platform company signed ...

Harry Styles is getting back out on the road. The English musician announced his “Together, Together" tour on Thursday. It's a 50-date run made up of residencies in Europe, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, the ...

Relying on her high approval rating, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's gamble to dissolve Japan's House of Representatives on Friday for a general election, while sidestepping substantive policy debates ...

Department stores in Japan saw the number of Chinese customers and their duty-free purchases both dive about 40 percent in December from a year earlier, amid heightened diplomatic tensions between the ...

Japan's opposition parties on Friday stepped up their pressure on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling coalition over living standards, saying she dissolved the House of Representatives with "no ...

Two teenagers were among six people missing after a landslide hit a busy campground on New Zealand's ‌North Island, authorities said on Friday, as rescuers worked round the clock to locate survivors ...

Asian shares and U.S. futures were modestly higher Friday after U.S. regained more of their losses after a tumultuous several days. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 picked up 0.3% to 53,846.87 after the Bank of ...

U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for policy Elbridge ‌Colby will visit South Korea from Sunday to Tuesday and discuss military alliance issues ⁠before traveling on to ‍Japan, South Korea's Yonhap News ...

The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at around 0.75 percent on Friday, as it assessed the impact of last month's rate increase on the economy amid a recent spike in government ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of the Diet on Friday, paving the way for a Feb 8 snap election. The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help governing party ...

Police in Osaka have arrested a 25-year-old self-employed man on suspicion of violating the Stalking Prevention Act after he persistently sent messages to his ex-girlfriend who lives in Nagasaki ...