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For investors, the options are to stay out of Taiwan completely or stay invested...

Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women, reports...

Reports say that the police found about 3,000 videos and images of him sexually ...

Core machinery orders grew for second straight month in...

The government agency kept its basic assessment unchanged, saying that machinery...

Government to set numerical goals for regional revitali...

The targets will be set for 10 items, including the rate of young people relocat...

Two Israeli embassy staffers shot and killed outside Je...

The gunman shouted "free Palestine," authorities said, with U.S. and Israeli lea...

Ishiba doubles down on weapons cooperation, says no cou...

Japan has sealed a spate of defense equipment and technology transfer deals in r...

North Korea's Kim offers rare admission of 'serious acc...

The incident, which occurred during a ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un, r...

Pacers rally late to stun Knicks in Game 1 of Eastern C...

Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points and Aaron Nesmith added 30 for the Pacers.

Japan police to launch team targeting <i>tokuryū</i> ma...

The new police office is set to gather and assess information on tokuryū leaders...

Parliament moves to boost transparency in lawmaker allo...

Both chambers have adopted new rules mandating the disclosure of how the allowan...

Postal worker accused of making threatening call to wom...

Suspect Yoichi Nose allegedly called the woman using a phone number found on her...

NTT Docomo to retire iconic emoji set after 26 years

Beginning next month, newly released Android smartphones and feature phones sold...

Tottenham captain Son Heung-min realizes dream as club ...

Son joined the club 10 years ago but had not won any silverware.

BOJ dove Noguchi sees no need to change JGB tapering plan

The BOJ is currently trimming its purchases by ¥400 billion ($2.8 billion) a qua...

'Serious problem': Afghan capital losing race against w...

Kabul's crisis, driven by unruly and rapid urbanization, mismanagement over year...

Lindsey Vonn feeling 'amazing' ahead of bid to make U.S...

Vonn said a partial knee replacement last year helped her overall fitness and en...

Japan and Paraguay to upgrade ties to strategic partner...

The leaders of the two countries also confirmed that their nations have reached ...

Hacker behind U.S communication breach stole data from ...

The discovery potentially raises the stakes of a breach that has already drawn q...

Chile weighs future of charming German village with dar...

The Chilean state wants to turn the former home of a brutal cult into a memorial...

Iga Swiatek's French Open reign under threat after turb...

Swiatek dropped to No. 5 in the world rankings this week.

LGBTQ Thai ghost story wins prize in Cannes

Film director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke says he hoped his LGBTQ story could tou...

Colts owner Jim Irsay dies at 65

During his long association with the team, Irsay also became the youngest genera...

Support for Pakistan army chief surges after India conf...

A survey conducted after the conflict by a local pollster found that 93% of resp...

Philippines' Marcos asks Cabinet secretaries to resign ...

The sweeping directive comes just over a week after a disappointing midterm elec...

Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins NBA MVP

Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the second player from Canada to earn the honor, join...

Japan and U.S. reaffirm commitment to letting markets s...

Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have m...

‘Rice minister’ Koizumi faces urgent task to bring pric...

Lawmakers have been questioning whether auctioning stockpiled rice is really eff...

Tokyo lodges protest after Israel fires shots at diplom...

The diplomats were inspecting a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Enhanced Games, where athletes can use banned substance...

The Enhanced Games operate under the principle that banning performance-enhancin...

Ishiba Cabinet approval falls to 20.9% in new poll

The Cabinet's disapproval rating rose 1.7 points to 52.9%.

More than 270 candidates to run in Tokyo assembly election

The focus of the election will be whether the Liberal Democratic Party can remai...

Adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel premieres at...

The author says that adapting the novel — which he wrote when he was 25 — was di...

Female prosecutor says she experienced secondary victim...

The prosecutor said the prosecutors office where she worked turned a blind eye a...

Japan's tourist arrivals soared 28.5% in April to hit r...

For the first four months of the year, foreign visitor arrivals totaled 14.4 mil...

Shinjiro Koizumi takes farm ministry reins after predec...

Taku Eto resigned from the post after coming under fire for bragging about how m...

Railguns, missiles and lasers: Japan uses massive defen...

The range of products and systems being displayed at DSEI Japan in Chiba is both...

Japan enacts revised NTT law

The amendments to the NTT law no longer require the former state-run company to ...

All three major Japanese nonlife insurers log record ne...

Net profit went up some 1.5 times to ¥1,055.2 billion at Tokio Marine Holding.

Japan, U.S. may hold third round of tariff talks as ear...

Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa is set to make a three-day visit to the U...

Beware of dubious websites offering cheap rice, consume...

The Consumer Affairs Agency urges consumers to verify the legitimacy of websites...

Tokyo Verdy Beleza hope to stay on top after long-await...

The storied club earned its first league title of the professional era on the ba...

Nippon Ishin grapples with poor governance ahead of Upp...

Scandals, resignations and local election losses have left it far short of becom...

Yankees cruise past Rangers to notch ninth win in 12 games

Will Warren struck out a career-high 10 hitters in 5 2/3 innings and Aaron Judge...

Family of deceased stalker victim had complained about ...

According to the family, the victim had frequently told her friends and relative...

Taiwan voices regret over Nagasaki peace ceremony snub

Taiwan remains determined to continue cooperation with like-minded partners and ...

Name lists of former Imperial Japanese Army biowarfare ...

The National Archives has disclosed details of the members of two units based in...

Hiroshima girl arrested after stabbing at high school

Three students were injured, but none of the injuries were life-threatening, acc...

When extreme weather hits, Japan scientists will have f...

The Weather Attribution Center will aim to publish concrete links between global...

Onosato’s march to <i>yokozuna</i> could usher in golde...

It's been 5½ years since two yokozuna battled head-to-head for an Emperor's Cup....

Cashless payments top 40% of consumer spending in Japan

The country's cashless payment penetration remains low globally, with the risk o...

SoftBank taps Mizuho, SMBC, JPMorgan to lead $15 billio...

The move is a sign of the Japanese tech investor’s ability to secure financing f...

Toyota Industries investor Zennor says it wants minorit...

A founding partner of Zennor said the buyout plan would benefit the founding fam...

Deportations to South Sudan appear to violate court ord...

The development marked a new clash between the federal judiciary and U.S. Presid...

Why Ishiba pulled a 180 on the gaffe-stricken farm mini...

Taku Eto is the first minister to fall since the Japanese leader formed his Cabi...

Japan and South Korea to trial priority lanes for trave...

The one-month trial program in June will be available to passport holders from e...

Buyers recoil from Japanese bonds in warning to BOJ on ...

The rout in the nation’s $7.8 trillion government bond market is most acute for ...

Fires drive tropical forest loss to 'red alert' record ...

The world lost 67,000 square kilometers of precious primary tropical forest last...

Nippon Steel says it is confident Trump's buyout concer...

Wednesday is the deadline for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United ...

Rodri returns as Man City closes in on Champions League

Ballon d'Or winner Rodri made his first appearance since September as a substitu...

Company boss held on suspicion of abandoning father's b...

Ryuma Hanayama, 46, is suspected of burying the body of his 87-year-old father a...

Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tar...

Tokyo wants all new levies put into place by the administration of U.S. Presiden...

A window into the mind of Esperantist and political act...

During WWII, a young Japanese woman resisted her country's descent into fascism ...

Ishiba won't sack farm minister over rice gaffe

The prime minister wants agriculture minister Taku Eto to focus on finding a sol...

Eight universities apply for Japan's ¥10 trillion resea...

The applications for the grants under Japan's Universities for International Res...

Peruvian man arrested after hitting vehicles while driv...

The Mie Prefectural Police believe the suspect continued to drive in the wrong d...

Nintendo turns to Samsung to make chips for Switch 2

The Kyoto-based company is pivoting to Samsung because the Nvidia-based chipset ...

Nara initiative offers second chances to former prison ...

Since 2020, nine people have participated in a first-of-its-kind reintegration p...

Can the Central League hold out against designated hitt...

There have been plenty of calls for the league to adopt the DH over the years. B...

Japan’s Kato plans Bessent meet to discuss topics inclu...

The yen gained to as much as 144.73 against the dollar following Kato’s remark, ...

Path cleared for WHO assembly to adopt pandemic agreement

The adoption would be a success for the World Health Organization as it tries to...

Even on nontariff issues G7 finance leaders may still f...

A source briefed on U.S. positions in the talks in Canada has said that any cons...

'Memory keepers' pass on Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' st...

Becoming a memory keeper requires about two years of training. Applicants study ...

Huawei unveils in-house operating system to replace Win...

The rollout of HarmonyOS on the company's new laptops comes as China pushes to r...

Chinese battery giant CATL soars more than 13% on Hong ...

A global leader in the sector, CATL produces more than a third of all electric v...

Toyota Industries to accept tender offer from Toyota Mo...

The trend comes amid rising pressure from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and activist ...

CBS News boss resigns amid tensions with Trump admin

"The past few months have been challenging," CEO Wendy McMahon wrote in a goodby...

Osaka Expo to offer visitors cool rest area in electric...

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition hopes visitors will use the ...

China says U.S. warnings on Huawei chips undermine thei...

The U.S. Commerce Department's warnings specify that the use of Huawei Ascend ch...

Europa League final offers financial savior for Man Utd...

Both clubs head to Bilbao for the final assailed by stinging criticism amid thei...

Dollar set for more weakness as 'Brand USA' falls furth...

Investors see the currency losing more of its luster as the greenback comes back...

India sees multi-phase trade deal with U.S. as talks pr...

Officials in New Delhi familiar with the matter expect an interim agreement befo...

Caitlin Clark and Fever players support investigation i...

A video allegedly showed a male fan sitting courtside and making high-pitched no...

U.S. Open venue to undergo $800 million transformation

Work at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will be completed by the 202...

Trump plan or not, Israel is letting more Palestinians ...

The easing of restrictions parallels the Israeli government's stated goal of fac...

Scheffler installed as U.S. Open favorite

The event will begin June 12 at Oakmont Country Club in Plum, Pennsylvania, a we...

Canada suffers first loss at worlds in shootout defeat ...

Finland goaltender Juuse Saros was in sensational form, and not only with his sh...

Japan's emperor and empress to visit Hiroshima in June

The imperial couple will visit the city of Hiroshima to commemorate the victims ...

Microsoft is bringing Elon Musk’s AI models to its cloud

Grok 3, which Musk’s AI outfit introduced earlier this year, will be available o...

Nippon Steel eyes billions more in U.S. Steel investmen...

It is unclear if the billions in new investment will be enough to sway Trump, th...

Britain’s big EU reset turns out to be just the start o...

Most of the "renewed agenda” unveiled at a summit in London amounted to an agree...

The race for more time: Japanese runner decided to free...

More women in Japan are expressing interest or following through with freezing t...

Amid rice shortage, farm minister comes under fire for ...

Agriculture minister Taku Eto reportedly said at a fundraiser that he gets so mu...

Sakana AI and MUFG sign agreement to automate creation ...

The AI Scientist, which was originally designed for automating scientific discov...

China slaps antidumping duties on plastics from U.S., E...

POM copolymers can partially replace metals such as copper and zinc and have var...

Polar bear biopsies shed light on Arctic pollutants

The team's findings may help explain how the bears' world is changing, and at an...

Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclis...

A 70-year-old plummeted from a high-rise condo in Osaka's Kita Ward, striking a ...

BIE head suggests later Osaka Expo close time

The expo's current opening hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Nvidia CEO unveils new technologies to protect AI chip ...

Huang introduced a new RTX Pro Server system, which he said offered four times b...

Giants' Trey Cabbage not weighed down by pressure to re...

Cabbage has taken the majority of the at-bats in the cleanup spot since Okamoto ...

Ishiba rebuffs tax cut demands with Greek debt comparison

The premier said he disagrees with the idea of funding tax cuts with Japanese go...