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The prime minister wants agriculture minister Taku Eto to focus on finding a solution for soaring rice prices.

The applications for the grants under Japan's Universities for International Research Excellence program will be screened from July through...

The Mie Prefectural Police believe the suspect continued to drive in the wrong direction after causing collisions.

There have been plenty of calls for the league to adopt the DH over the years. But some prefer the status quo.

A source briefed on U.S. positions in the talks in Canada has said that any consensus needs to align with Trump administration priorities.

The trend comes amid rising pressure from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and activist shareholders to dismantle what are called parent-child listi...

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition hopes visitors will use the bus to avoid heatstroke in the summer heat.

Both clubs head to Bilbao for the final assailed by stinging criticism amid their worst seasons of the Premier League era.

Investors see the currency losing more of its luster as the greenback comes back to earth from lofty valuations.

Officials in New Delhi familiar with the matter expect an interim agreement before July, when U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tarif...

The easing of restrictions parallels the Israeli government's stated goal of facilitating the resettlement of Gaza's population in other cou...

It is unclear if the billions in new investment will be enough to sway Trump, though two sources said his administration sought the increase...

Most of the "renewed agenda” unveiled at a summit in London amounted to an agreement to keep negotiating.

Cabbage has taken the majority of the at-bats in the cleanup spot since Okamoto suffered an elbow injury on May 6.

The team's findings may help explain how the bears' world is changing, and at an alarming rate.

A 70-year-old plummeted from a high-rise condo in Osaka's Kita Ward, striking a man cycling below.

Merz’s planned arms buildup means the definitive end to the "peace dividend” that the Western world had enjoyed since the fall of the Soviet...

Experts say these incidents often reflect a deeper issue at the societal level.

The DPP is preparing its own bill and Komeito plans to wait for the LDP to consolidate party opinion on the issue.

There's a growing mismatch between U.S. strategic ambition and its military's naval capabilities, with China posing an increasingly formidab...

Take the firm’s decision to strip the country of its top AAA credit rating seriously, not literally.

Launched hours before his January inauguration, the $TRUMP memecoin is only one example of the Trump family's ever-expanding moves into cryp...

Contracted civil servants are paid about half the salaries of regular staff or even less, and a fear of being dismissed hangs over their hea...

Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said he will seek an opportunity for currency talks with his U.S. counterpart, Scott Bessent, this week.

The ban took effect on Friday after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm.