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

Judoka Natsumi Tsunoda, who took gold for Japan in the women’s 48-kilogram judo division at the Paris Olympics, announced Friday that she would be retiring.

PokéPark KANTO’s Sedge Town is set to take visitors on a magical journey with two permanent attractions when it opens on Feb. 5.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has agreed not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures. There ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eleven medical facilities across the nation will soon start a clinical study that will examine all chromosomes of a fetus, in a move that could have implications for Japan’s current prenatal testing ...

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 ...