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 ...

A quarter century after the September 11 attacks, Americans continue to gather at memorials across the country to remember ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Tackling Wood Waste] Japan possesses large amounts of usable forestland. This episode focuses on business initiatives that are trying to increase the use of Japanese timber and wood waste. *Subtitles ...

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.

Police in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, have arrested a US Marine stationed in the prefecture on suspicion of killing and robbing a local woman. The police say the woman died from suffocation.

Vote counting is now underway in Brazil's presidential election after polls closed at 5 p.m. on Sunday, local time.