Early times called it sin, more recent times vice; our own time calls it nothing at all. Live and let live, we say. Two ...

Lawyer Naoko Hayashi, who receivss numerous consultations regarding divorce, says she's received frequent requests for consultations from middle-aged and older women. Many of them express sentiments ...

At around 3 a.m. on December 9, in the town of Komatsushima, Tokushima Prefecture, a laundromat worker discovered that someone had left a DVD on a counter within the facility, with the following ...

Learn how to buy a home in Japan, including market trends, property buying procedures, and financing. The webinar will be held on February 14, 2026, from 11AM to 12PM (Japan Standard Time).

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran on Wednesday to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next U.S. attack ‌would be far worse. Tehran responded with a threat to strike back ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that his country doesn't have to choose between relations with the United States and China as he started a four-day trip to China aimed at repairing ...

As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks ...

Your watch says you had three hours of deep sleep. Should you believe it? Millions of people rely on phone apps and wearable devices like rings, smartwatches and sensors to monitor how well they're ...

A branch of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent to Italy for the Winter Olympics will not carry out patrols and will have only an "advisory" role, Washington's ambassador to Rome ...

The proportion of women running in Japan's general election next month has barely advanced, reports said Wednesday, despite a trailblazing win last year by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Takaichi, a ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday ruled out his country intervening in the currency market to prop up the Japanese yen, and said that Washington remains supportive of a "strong dollar ...

In this photo taken in the early hours of Wednesday, workers welcome the arrival of giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei after their return from Japan to the southwestern China's Sichuan province.