Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi set off a diplomatic storm after telling lawmakers that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could threaten Japan’s survival. The remark drew a sharp reaction from Beijing and ...

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after stocks on Wall Street held steadier as both bond yields and bitcoin stabilized. U.S. futures rose and oil prices edged higher. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 jumped 1.6% to ...

Fun fact: Mihama is the center of traditional sea salt production in Aichi Prefecture, with methods dating back to the Kofun ...

Police in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, have arrested a 15-year-old junior high school boy on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed a 36-year-old man as he walked along a street. The ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday cited the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea in early September. During a Cabinet meeting ...

The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration ...

Malaysia's transport ministry said Wednesday that the deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume Dec 30, renewing hopes of finally locating the jet that vanished without a trace more ...

The right to trial by jury will be pared back in Britain in an attempt to clear a backlog of cases clogging up the justice system, the government announced Tuesday. Justice Secretary David Lammy said ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv’s European allies Tuesday of sabotaging U.S.-led efforts to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine, shortly before he met with a delegation sent by ...

Hollywood actor Johnny Depp on Tuesday met with an emblematic victim of Minamata mercury-poisoning disease while visiting Tokyo after starring in a 2020 film about the pollution case that devastated a ...

The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a $1.375 billion cash deal that puts the fashion house known for its sexy silhouettes under the same roof as Prada’s “ugly chic” ...

Japan's labor minister said Tuesday the government has launched a nationwide investigation, after a staff member of a public employment service center in Tokyo posed as a job seeker, in an alleged ...