The Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) has withdrawn its endorsement of former House of Representatives member Shiori ...

The hosting organization for the ongoing Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai established a task force on June 10 to respond to the ...

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Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

A night curfew began Tuesday in Los Angeles as protests against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies t ...

The United States could extend a 90-day pause on the implementation of steep tariffs on goods from its major trading partners ...

In Japan, the number of bedbugs, a kind of insect, is growing. Bedbugs bite people and drink their blood. Their bites make ...

Honda Motor Co. is considering investing in the state-backed Japanese chip venture Rapidus Corp., sources familiar with the ...

A Cabinet Office survey has found that 42.7% of seniors in Japan reported carrying out paid work, surpassing 40% for the ...

Two vehicles collided head-on Wednesday in an outbound lane of an expressway in central Japan, injuring the two drivers after ...

A massive earthquake predicted to occur in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years could cause 1,466 trillion yen ($10 ...