WASHINGTON – A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that effectively bans the wildly popular app TikTok in the United States starting on Sunday. The ruling ended, at...

Washington – The International Monetary Fund on Friday kept its economic growth outlook for Japan for 2025 and 2026 unchanged from its previous October projection at 1.1% and 0.8%, respectively....

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump confirmed that his inauguration as U.S. president on Monday will move indoors due to expected freezing weather, undercutting the Republican’s hopes for a grandiose spectacle to...

Suspended 15 meters above the ground from a launch point just below the 482-meter summit of Mount Jyubuichi in Yamagata Prefecture, I am standing huddled in a basket beneath the...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Friday he would highlight the economic and national security value that the United States’ key Asian ally offers during his visit to Washington for...

During the U.S. presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump generally took a tough line toward China. Yet at the same time, he often complained about some of the United States’ most...

The PGA Tour event that Tiger Woods was scheduled to host in Southern California next month will be played at an alternate venue due to the massive wildfires that have...

Hyogo Prefecture marked the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on Friday with memories of what happened, a desire to pass on the lessons learned to future generations, and...

The Japan Sumo Association said Friday that yokozuna Terunofuji, the 33-year-old Mongolian-born wrestler who claimed 10 titles in the sport’s top division, will retire. Suffering from pain in both knees...