If the war is not stopped, many more lives will be lost. Yet rushing to a ceasefire in a way that will force the victimized country to make unreasonable concessions would set a bad precedent in which ...

Athletes who shone on a grand stage that comes just once every four years deserve heartfelt applause. The sight of athletes gathering from countries around the world and respecting each other has ...

The government sent a parliamentary vice minister of the Cabinet Office as its representative to the Takeshima Day memorial ceremony held in Matsue on Sunday, rather than a Cabinet minister as ...

The producer behind popular group XG was arrested along with three others in Aichi Prefecture on Monday on suspicion of ...

Seiki Keene, the adopted son of Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene, performed an old work of joruri storytelling with shamisen at Tokyo’s Setagaya Literature Museum on Monday. Using the stage ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced Monday that “haru ichiban,” the first strong southern winds of the year, blew across the Kanto region. It did not occur last year, and in 2024, it was ...

McDonald’s Japan announced on Tuesday that it will raise prices by ¥10 to ¥50 on approximately 60% of its menu items starting Wednesday.

A bus heading to Kathmandu fell from the road in Dhading District, central Nepal, in the early hours of Monday morning. Nineteen people were killed and 25 injured, including one Japanese national, ...

Kawazu cherry blossoms, which bloom earlier compared to other varieties, are now at their peak at Ibaraki Flower Park in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday as trading resumed after a long holiday weekend, with AI-related stocks rallying on expectation of further investment in AI infrastructure after a report ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine four years ago launched Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II, causing immense suffering for civilians and harrowing ordeals for soldiers while rewriting the ...

The U.S. ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has been banned from meeting members of the French government after not showing up at the Foreign Affairs ministry earlier in the day, where he had been ...