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President Vladimir Putin vowed on Friday that Russia would win in Ukraine as the Soviet Union had in World War II.

They expressed hopes that the new pontiff will follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Francis, who visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 20...

The cuts will focus on positions at consolidated companies — 5,000 in Japan and 5,000 overseas.

Slam poetry is a rarity in Japan, but the scene is full of energy and potential that the poets have been bringing to the world slam poetry s...

The company said it accepted resignation offers from the two top executives the same day.

The buyback from May 12 through March 31 is geared toward raising capital efficiency and boosting shareholder returns, the company said.

The decrease reflects sustained inflation, which is making people more budget-minded on food.

Regardless of the outcome of July's Upper House election, the bar will be high for anyone seeking to unseat incumbent Shigeru Ishiba.

Yoshitaka Toda, 43, said he struggled with mental health issues as a result of his parents’ expectations for him to excel academically.

Keito Hosomichi, 27, passed along confidential corporate information to his father, who then profited by investing in the shares of three co...

Makino had previously threatened to block the takeover by granting stock acquisition rights to existing shareholders.

Anticipation has built up about a new aid plan for Gaza, laid waste by 19 months of an Israeli military campaign against Hamas.

As each party pushes its own agenda by drafting its own bills, the workload increases for the bureau, which supports lawmakers in such matte...

After impressing the city’s wine buffs last year, Raw Wine is back with more than 80 natural wine producers from around the world.

The election of former Cardinal Robert Prevost has sparked questions on a range of topics, from the future of his papacy to which baseball c...

It is the first high court ruling in a series of bid-rigging cases related to the Tokyo Games, held in 2021.

The city of Nagoya and the area around it are home to manufacturing giants including Toyota and Toyota group auto parts maker Denso.

The city had not invited the top Russian and Belarusian envoys since 2022, while the Israeli ambassador was not invited last year.

Although Leo follows in the tradition of Pope Francis, he signaled he is a new, and different, pope.

Nominal cash earnings rose 2.1% from a year earlier, decelerating from a revised 2.7% pace in February and below a median economist forecast...

The extremist classification allows the Cologne-based spy agency to step up monitoring of the AfD.

Gaku Kawasaki’s feel-good indie flick with a touch of “Freaky Friday” is a heartfelt reminder that it’s never too late to live out your drea...

Hostilities between India and Pakistan have escalated since an April 22 attack that killed 26 civilians in the Indian-controlled part of the...

Ikunosuke Okazaki’s comic yet tender film about a young woman looking after her ailing grandmother offers a positive look at caregiving for...

The framework the two leaders unveiled goes some way to reversing the worst impacts on the U.K. of U.S. tariffs.