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The punishments stem from an incident last month when two captains caused a flight to be delayed by around three hours after alcohol was fou...

The woman entered the Hakodate Line tracks near Asari Station in Otaru to photograph the ocean with her phone.

The victim was identified as Shizuka Takase, a 37-year-old restaurant worker from Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Global tourism generated nearly $1.6 trillion (about ¥250 trillion) in 2024, about 3% more than the previous year and 4% more than in 2019.

After comprehensive consideration, the prosecutor's office determined that it is difficult to build a case against the Marine.

The 25-basis-point move marks the first rate increase since July and takes rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis.

There will be no shortage of interested acquirers for the popular video service, which boasts 170 million monthly U.S. users.

Some LDP members of the assembly kept some revenues from fundraising parties held in 2019 and 2022 for themselves and did not declare the in...

The judge's order prevents Trump's policy from being enforced nationwide for 14 days while he considers whether to issue a long-lasting prel...

The U.S. has seen almost none of the mass mobilization that made opposition to Trump in 2017 the largest social movement in a half-century.

The solid inflation data support the case for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates later on Friday.

Heat waves had the biggest impact, with at least 171 million children affected by them last year.

Some feel betrayed, with many — including those who fled Taliban rule in Afghanistan — having already spent years in limbo.

The U.S. president says his orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs would make America a "merit-based country" once again.

The move could delay essential information and slow funding for potentially life-saving initiatives.

Love for the J-pop duo’s zany Cartoon Network series has endured online for over 20 years since its premiere.

Jacques Audiard's Mexico-set musical shattered the record for the most Academy Award nominations for a non-English-language movie.

Price increases of rice and vegetables such as cabbage pushed up overall sales while the number of purchased items continued to decrease as...

The two chambers of parliament plan to resume talks Jan. 31 on measures to secure a sufficient number of imperial family members.

Police have arrested a man for kicking a rabbit, which later died, as a probe continues over the deaths of more than 70 bunnies on Okunoshim...

Tokyo could find opportunity in the turmoil while avoiding direct confrontation with Washington.

A Chinese court deemed the death penalty as appropriate in view of the "extremely heinous" nature of the crime, which resulted in the death...

The decrease — the first in six years — came after prices rose nearly 30% to a record high in 2023 when several luxury condos went up for sa...

The billionaire's recent flourish at a U.S. presidential inauguration event has been seen by some as reminiscent of a Hitler salute

Yoon Suk Yeol, impeached and suspended from power on Dec. 14, has been incarcerated since last week.