The Japanese government and ruling coalition decided May 14 to distribute 100,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice as the ...

Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.7 percent in the January-March period, marking the first contraction in four ...

Yields on longer-term Japanese government bonds have soared recently, as a series of pledges by lawmakers to cut the ...

NATO foreign ministers on Thursday debated an American demand to massively ramp up defense investment as the United States ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's claim this week that there is an unreported "genocide" ...

Japan and the United States are making arrangements to hold working-level talks next week to set the stage for another round ...

Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said Thursday, but hopes for ...

Rai the polar bear cub is seen at Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zoorasia in Yokohama, May 13, 2025. (Mainichi/Hisako Sugita) ...

TINIAN/GUAM (Kyodo) -- The Pacific island of Tinian is planning a "big" commemoration in August to mark the 80th anniversary ...

A memorial ceremony was held on May 14 at a former rest home in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, for the souls of the aborted ...

Three Japanese men and an Uzbek man have been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining commissions by having the Uzbek ...

The number of elderly people living alone is growing steadily in Japan, and municipalities increasingly find themselves ...