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The number of inbound visitors is estimated to have risen 40.6% from a year before to 3,781,200, exceeding 3 million for the fourth consecut...

South Korea’s comments came after a captured soldier said in an interview with the Chosun Ilbo newspaper that he wants to seek asylum in Sou...

Worker deaths and environmental harm are common in yards where vessels that have supplied richer nations are dismantled for scraps that can...

Neither Komeito, the ruling coalition's junior partner, nor the opposition Democratic Party for the People supported the LDP's new income ta...

The LDP and CDP agreed to delay Lower House Budget Committee questioning of the Abe faction's former chief accountant.

Young Serbs understand that neither justice nor democracy is possible until the tables have been cleared.

The U.S. president says he plans to impose tariffs of 25% on automobile imports to the U.S., though he has not said which countries would be...

The attacks by the suspended president's party and allies come amid expectations that the Constitutional Court will finalize his impeachment...

The Bank of Japan's exchange-traded funds have remained untouched even as Gov. Kazuo Ueda oversaw further rate hikes.

Norinchukin reported wider losses this month as it boosted investments in riskier leveraged loans and sought additional capital.

The U.S. president's threat to impose a 25% levy on car imports would likely deliver a big blow to Japan’s economy.

The company sees growing demand in India and is running simulations for what it would take to dial up its pace of investment there.

Signing Juan Soto was only the start of the budget-shattering spending spree undertaken by Mets owner Steve Cohen in the offseason.

The minister could be accused of violating the public office election law if the ministry staff who received the cakes include residents of...

The messaging app's open channels are feeds affiliated with news outlets or public figures that under the European Union's Digital Services...

Kimura maintained through the trial that he did not intend to harm anyone, adding that he threw the explosive to draw attention to his 2022...

Publicly, the exhibit’s organizers say they aren’t affiliated with any government and are driven by a desire to end the suffering.

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and IAEA chief Rafael Grossi discussed the nuclear plant and the release of treated water from the facility i...

Negotiations over the second stage are expected to be tough because they include issues such as the administration of post-war Gaza.

The decision may draw criticism from many members of the public and Komeito, with both calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

"You've got to remember you're the same team that's got to play me for the rest of my career, and I'll remember that."

Djokovic, who was aiming for a 100th ATP title, was playing his first singles match since retiring from the Australian Open semi-finals due...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi underlines Beijing's commitment to multilateralism "no matter how the international landscape changes."

Deterrence in the form of U.S. medium-range missiles and ultimately nuclear weapons will remain crucial, experts say.

Pope Francis has had a respiratory infection for more than a week and was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14.