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Overall net profit is expected to go down 42.9% from the previous year to ¥200 billion at Nippon Steel, 18.4% to ¥75 billion at JFE and 16.8...

The extra budget is expected to fund measures to deal with inflation and the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

According to his family, the boy had had behavioral problems, such as running away from home, and being taken to the police station about on...

Weather-related events, many intensified by climate change, triggered 99.5% of all of last year's disaster displacements.

The on-screen chaos of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is the basis of a new Taiwanese television series called "Zero Day."

The Chinese leader also pledged $9.2 billion in credit toward "development" for the region — part of a broad set of initiatives aimed at dee...

Experts say the real test will come in August when higher turnout is expected.

The written account of the BOJ gathering comes as risk appetite returns to global financial markets following the cooldown in U.S.-China tar...

The latest moves reveal a White House eager to show it has momentum to pivot from a volatile first 100 days.

It will be the first visit to disaster-hit areas by the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.

Syria has struggled to implement conditions set out by Washington for relief from U.S. sanctions, while Israel has escalated air strikes and...

The Foreign Ministry said Monday that it will begin issuing residency certificates online to Japanese nationals living abroad through overse...

The freeing of the last living U.S. citizen held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip is another sign the U.S. president is starting to make u...

The heavily indebted company, one of the top 10 automakers by unit sales, is expected to log a record annual loss of around $5 billion later...

The league has expanded for the first time since 2008 by introducing the Golden State Valkyries.

The player has failed to get past the last 16 of a tournament higher than the WTA 125 series since losing the Auckland final back in January...

Supplying Taiwan with a system that proved devastatingly effective in Ukraine’s efforts to defend against the Russian invasion was once poli...

Going forward, experts say, this will make the Chinese side confident that they have leverage over the U.S. in any negotiations.

The U.S. president's current schedule has him visiting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar this week.

The central bank stood pat earlier this month after a cycle of rate hikes since March 2024 and halving its economic growth outlook to 0.5% f...

The LDP concluded that it would be unwise to create divisions within the party ahead of this summer's election for the House of Councilors.

Job cuts will be closer to 20,000, or around 15% of the entire workforce, according to national broadcaster NHK

More failures were seen mainly among smaller companies with weak business bases as their revenue was squeezed by rising prices and higher la...

The group's decision could boost NATO member Turkey's political and economic stability and encourage moves to ease tensions in neighboring I...

While Trump's policies bite at home, Beijing is stepping in to fill the void left by the U.S. retreat from global leadership in areas rangin...