A nursery school in Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, has been issued an improvement order from the prefecture and city for allegations of abuse and other incidents by at least 10 nursery school ...

Japan’s global exports rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier while imports from the world edged up 0.6%, according to government data released Friday. Exports to the U.S. dipped 3.1%, marking the ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi insisted that a 21.3 trillion yen ($135 billion) stimulus package approved Friday was fiscally responsible and that she would reduce the country's colossal debt burden.

Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand on Friday, strutting to victory after the beauty pageant's host had publicly chastised her, among several dramatic missteps in the run-up to the final ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after talks with a top U.S. Army official on Thursday he was ready for "honest" work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies ...

Japan will substantially hike visa issuance fees for foreign residents in the next fiscal year and utilize the additional revenue to strengthen policies supporting multiculturalism, government sources ...

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that ...

Dick Cheney, celebrated as a master Republican strategist but defined by the darkest chapters of America's "War on Terror," was honored Thursday in a funeral attended by Washington's elite that ...

Yumeno Nito, leader of Tokyo-based Colabo, which provides support to women forced into prostitution. Lawmakers and support groups for women are calling for legal revisions to the anti-prostitution law ...

Learn how to buy a home in Japan, including market trends, property buying procedures, and financing. The webinar will be held on December 13, 2025, from 11AM to 12PM (Japan Standard Time).

Takashi Ito, owner of a restaurant in Shanghai, had been looking forward to China's lifting of a ban on imports of Japanese seafood - only to have his hopes dashed this week amid an increasingly ...

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