President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America’s ...

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin crashed after catching an edge in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race ...

A big story going around mass media in Japan is the rise in yamibaito (literally “dark part-time jobs”). This is when an ...

Police in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of taking upskirt videos of a high school girl. Police said Shinya Ichida, an Osaka Probation Office employee, has ...

While sales of electric vehicles surge in China, adoption of more environmentally friendly vehicles is stumbling in the ...

American consumers spent a record $10.8 billion online during "Black Friday" promotions, with many using artificial ...

China restarted its unilateral visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors on Saturday, allowing stays of up to 30 days in a move believed to be aimed at promoting tourism and trade amid a ...

A plan for Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co to separately sell some of its noncore specialty store businesses is being floated as part of an effort to offload shares in its intermediate ...

There are a lot of things to enjoy when traveling in Japan, from beautiful scenery and historical sites to delicious food and ...

Fiction writers have explored some possibilities. In his 2019 novel “Fall,” science fiction author Neal Stephenson imagined a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering visiting South Korea in early January for talks with President Yoon Suk ...