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Moves to create fresh groups and hold gatherings may be seen as a revival of the factional politics at the core of the money scandal.

From late summer, the Tokyo-based company plans to start mass production of its silicon-anode cells, which carry more energy than convention...

The furor over whether to welcome skilled foreign workers has exposed deep fault lines between Trump's supporters.

The insurer sold about ¥500 billion of Japanese government notes, mainly 20- to 40-year bonds, in the fiscal first half ended September.

Any decision would come amid a caucus revolt and dismal public opinion polls that show his party would likely lose in a landslide to the riv...

There is a lack of a distinctly "Great American Fantasy" in literature and popular culture.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip is meant to highlight President Joe Biden's efforts to build alliances.

The Tesla CEO, a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, said the Reform U.K. party leader "doesn’t have what it takes."

The private remarks the CEO made throughout 2024 about the deal process show the extent of his effort to cast doubt.

Ritsumeikan University researchers succeeded in completely breaking down perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS.

It is the 19th bird flu outbreak of the season in Japan, the agriculture ministry said.

The strategy, which will present medium- and long-term targets for defense equipment exports, will be worked out via cooperation among gover...

Increasingly brazen “gray zone” attacks against Europe and the U.S. have left defense officials with a dilemma: How to respond?

The win means the Ravens will begin the NFL playoffs next week at home against either the Los Angeles Chargers or the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Playing in her first WTA final in three years, the four-time Grand Slam champion called for the physio after taking the opening set 6-4 and...

The Italian leader's trip comes days before she is to meet U.S. President Joe Biden during a visit to Rome from Thursday to Jan. 12.

A report by prosecutors said the country's then-prime minister, foreign minister and finance minister all expressed reservations the night o...

How do we account for the past year, almost nine decades after "Guernica," when all the boundaries of horror have been pulverized?

Ukraine was 104th among 180 countries and regions in the 2023 corruption perceptions rankings by Transparency International.

Opened in late October, Sushi L'Abysse Osaka is the Michelin-starred chef’s first outpost in Asia.

The cartoon depicts Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and other media and tech moguls kneeling and holding up bags of money before a massive...

Matsuyama, who was the second-round leader, couldn't shake Morikawa, who also shot 62 in the PGA Tour season opener at The Plantation Course...

A wildcard at the tournament, Nishikori beat third-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov, Britain's Cam Norrie and Denis Shapovalov on the way to t...

The top U.S. diplomat will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The Ukrainian leader said the Russian army had lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops in recent day...