An extraordinary session of Japan's Diet began on Monday, setting the stage for the first parliamentary debate since Prime ...

Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has said in a speech at the Diet that the Japanese government lodged a strong protest ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index briefly breached the 70,000 threshold for the first time in three months on Monday, boosted by ...

The Manyoshu is the oldest extant anthology of Japanese poetry. Through poems presented in manga and a modern setting, we ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index rose to the 70,000 threshold for the first time in 3 months on Monday morning. The Nikkei ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a new package of support for Ukraine after holding talks with Ukrainian ...

Monday marks the 62nd birthday of Yokota Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea during her first year of junior high school.

Police in Okinawa say they have found a wallet in the backpack of a robbery-murder victim. A US Marine has been arrested on suspicion of killing and robbing the local woman.

Major Japanese food makers are switching to a pest-resistant potato variety amid growing concerns about infestation. Kewpie announced last week that its deli-food subsidiary plans to sell potato salad ...

Brazil's presidential election is headed to a runoff on October 25 between right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Election authorities say none of the ...

A survey by Japan's anti-monopoly watchdog shows that just over half of smaller firms have been able to pass on at least part ...

US President Donald Trump has announced the creation of a task force to coordinate the United States' policies on artificial intelligence. He has dubbed the organization the "Super Intelligence Force.