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Countries can’t simultaneously control their currencies, independently set interest rates and allow capital to move freely across borders —...

The annual Freedom Shield drills will run until March 20, though live-fire exercises are suspended after South Korean jets mistakenly bombed...

There is no danger of the fire spreading further and firefighters will work to determine if it is has been extinguished, Ofunato Mayor Kiyos...

Aging plantations and slow replanting have led to lower yields even as demand for palm oil rises from various sectors.

Compound weather, when two or more concurrent events that collectively yield a result worse than if each had occurred on its own, are occurr...

Change of Control clauses, which had been rare in Japan, are being increasingly sought by investors.

Those age 65 and older account for 43.9% of the residents in such housing, 18.7 percentage points higher than the ratio of elderly in the ci...

Russia has retaken about two-thirds of the territory Ukraine seized last summer in the Kursk region of Russia, but at a fearful cost in live...

The operator of 7-Eleven stores says that it is doing so, and has rebuffed Artisan Partners Asset Management’s assertions of conflicts of in...

The triennial Upper House election comes after the LDP-Komeito ruling coalition lost its majority in the Lower House in last year's general...

Clashes that a war monitoring group said had already killed over 1,000 people in Syria continued for a fourth day.

The U.S. president's on-again, off-again tariff threats have roiled financial markets and stoked unease among consumers.

Carney takes the reins at a time when the White House is creating upheaval in the global economy — and with U.S. trading partners — with inc...

Mai Ishizawa’s debut novel, which won one of the three Akutagawa Prizes awarded in 2021, is also her first to be released in English, transl...

Germany, due to its Second World War past, has bound itself to non-nuclear defense in a number of international treaties but participates in...

More than 700 people were indicted on embezzlement and other charges by 2015, but the issue was later found to stem from flaws in Fujitsu's...

More than 1,000 people had been killed in the two days of fighting in the Mediterranean coastal region in some of the worst violence for yea...

The wildfire engulfed about 2,900 hectares — around half the size of Manhattan — making it Japan's largest in more than 50 years.

Asahikawa District Court in Hokkaido has sentenced a 20-year-old woman to 23 years in prison in a high-profile murder case in which a female...

The suspension is believed to be due to the effects of an explosion and fire accident at a plant of Chuo Spring, a Toyota affiliate, on Thur...

One rocket’s chief passenger was SPHEREx, a space telescope that will take images of the entire sky in more than a 100 colors that are invis...

Trump restored "maximum pressure" on Iran in one of his first acts after returning to office in January.

Ohtani has won two Most Valuable Player Awards as a two-way player, for the Angels in 2021 and 2023.

Cultural expectations may influence ratings on Tabelog, but reading between the lines might help you find the next hidden gem.

The majority of tourists go to Osaka with street food on their minds, but the city is rapidly improve its elevated dining options as well.