As veteran director Kiyoshi Kurosawa observed when he spoke at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan last year, the problem with today’s digital imaging technology is that it’s too darn...

What makes a “great” yokozuna? The obvious answer for most is simply how many bouts or Emperor’s Cups were won during a career. For others, that’s a metric that comes...

CAIRO – In neighborhoods leveled by 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas officials are overseeing the clearance of rubble in the wake of Sunday’s ceasefire. The group’s gunmen are...

Chinese law does not consider men as potential victims of human trafficking. Source link

Almost from the moment he was sworn in as Bank of Japan governor, Kazuo Ueda sounded like a guy who wanted to be done with negativity. It just wasn’t obvious...

The fires in and around Los Angeles are coming under control. The city’s mayor has already issued an executive order to speed up rebuilding. But equally catastrophic blazes are likely...

Police are searching for a suspect who fled after a stabbing at JR Nagano Station on Wednesday night that left one person dead and two others injured. The attack happened...

Electricity demand in Hokkaido is expected to grow the fastest in the country, as the region prepares to roll out energy-intensive data centers and semiconductor chip-making plants. Annual power demand...

Amid the global cocoa shortage, department stores in Japan are focusing more on unorthodox items, even curry, rather than chocolate candies to meet Valentine’s Day customer demand this year. Giving...