Japan’s Nikkei share average reversed early gains on Friday and were on track for a second straight weekly decline, as ...

A collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, a local government official and emergency services said, just over a week after a similar road ...

Vietnam and the European Union on Thursday upgraded ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam’s highest diplomatic level, as both recalibrate trade during disruptions to global finance ...

A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, thanks to new imaging technology that has revealed nearly 80 previously ...

China banned 73 people from soccer for life on Thursday and deducted points from nine top-tier clubs in its latest anti-corruption campaign over alleged match-fixing.

The Liberal Democratic Party issued an emergency notice to members on Thursday aimed at closing ranks after a Yomiuri Shimbun survey on the House of Representatives election suggested the LDP was ...

The Ring Nebula, a stunning celestial structure residing in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy, was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1779 and has been studied extensively ever ...

When Kotaro Tsunematsu was overlooked in the Japan pro baseball draft, the senior slugger at prestigious Keio University had an offer from financial services giant Goldman Sachs to fall back upon.

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] China has seen a spate of high-ranking military officials fall from grace. What on earth is happening? Instability at the core of one of the world’s leading ...

The fundamental approach to dealing with prolonged high prices is to move ahead with substantial wage increases. It is hoped that labor and management will share the recognition that this year’s ...

About 20 believers and others dressed in demon masks and costumes gather at Chichibu Shrine in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday ahead of the annual setsubun festival to be held there on Feb.

The number of foreign workers in Japan as of the end of October 2025 jumped 11.7% from a year before to 2,571,037, hitting a record high for 13 years in a row amid the country’s labor shortages, the ...