The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck three more boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs, killing three people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. The statement by U.S.

As Japan enters 2026, the number of 18-year-olds in Japan is estimated to be 1.09 million, the government said Wednesday, matching the second-lowest figure on record marked a year earlier as the ...

The number of Japanese restaurants operating overseas fell for the first time in 2025, pressured by a sharp decline in China amid its economic downturn, a government survey showed. The survey results, ...

Taiwanese tech titan TSMC has started mass producing its cutting-edge 2-nanometer semiconductor chips, the company said in a statement seen by AFP on Wednesday. TSMC is the world's largest contract ...

Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, ...

Japanese police and a university in Aichi Prefecture, along with NTT Data Group Corp, have jointly developed a system to create composite drawings of suspects using artificial intelligence, aiming to ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes his side are starting to see the benefits of their hard work as the Gunners head into 2026 at the top of the Premier League. Tuesday's emphatic 4-1 win at home to ...

New Year’s is a major event in Japan, much like Christmas is in the West, full of cultural traditions that span back decades, and even centuries. One of those is the practice of adults handing ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, speaking at a meeting with anime director Mamoru Oshii, TV personality Demon Kakka and music producer Tetsuya Komuro to discuss developing the content industry, ...

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation ‌protections for thousands of migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua after opponents argued the ...

President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort ...

Iowa farmer Aaron Lehman was already paying a hefty price for health insurance, but his premium is set to skyrocket in January when major government subsidies expire, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...