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Non-Japanese speakers were excluded from access to disaster information after the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck 30 years ago, and Japanese...

The Democratic Party for the People led the opposition camp in public support for the first time in the January poll.

Judge Takeshi Okuyama, who presided over the lay-judge trial at Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture, issued the ruling.

A Musk takeover of TikTok remains far from a done deal. It would require a wildly complex spinoff and it’s not immediately clear how he woul...

The firm's new flagship rocket thundered off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida at 2:03 a.m. local time on Thursday.

Former players Hitoki Iwase and Masayuki Kakefu and former Central League umpire Hiroya Tomizawa were also voted into the Hall.

Tokyo native Takuma Watanabe offers a formidable addition to New York’s pantheon of cocktail bars.

Organizers have worked hard over the last decade to improve options for refreshment.

The U.S. firm is discussing investing several hundred billion yen for an equity stake in the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores.

California's governor has undertaken a media blitz, accusing Donald Trump of spreading disinformation and daring him to visit the state.

The move comes in response to the Japanese government's request to purchase up to 16 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles with Extended Ra...

Swiatek will face former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu, who beat Amanda Anisimova, for a place in the last 16.

Hino said it booked an extraordinary loss of ¥230 billion in its second quarter results in October to cover the expected costs of resolving...

The move is intended to boost security cooperation between Japan and NATO.

In a final Oval Office speech, Biden urged Americans to join together but quickly warned about a dangerous concentration of wealth in the Un...

Bureaucrats in Seoul are hoping that Donald Trump goes easy on South Korea once he's back in the White House.

The official Palestinian Health Ministry count of more than 46,600 Palestinian dead is disputed by Israeli officials but is seen by the U.N....

Webtoon’s first investment since its U.S. initial public offering in June is meant to strengthen its content pipeline in Japan.

The actor convincingly breaks the mold of his comedy persona to inhabit the role of a sword-wielding folk hero in Yu Irie’s period epic.

Joe Biden's Middle East record is likely to be remembered not so much for how conflicts ended on his watch, but mainly for how they unfolded...

Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement that includes a phased withdrawal of Israeli forces, the release of hostages and humanit...

Concern about the region's security has mounted after the severing of several subsea telecom and power cables in recent months.

So far in January, as many as 13 bird flu cases have been confirmed at chicken farms across the country.

U.S. President-elect Trump plans major immigration crackdowns, focusing on deportations, birthright citizenship, and humanitarian programs,...

In only two days, more than 700,000 new users have reportedly joined Xiaohongshu, a popular networking app known for lifestyle content and p...