The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to begin offering financial aid of up to ¥3.15 million ($20,200) from 2026 for those looking to study abroad at a higher education institution. Any...

Seoul – Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday again refused investigators’ efforts to question him over his failed martial law bid, as the deadline on his detention...

The CEO and president of Rapidus says the chip venture in Hokkaido is key to Japan’s fortunes. Source link

Prosecutors summarily indicted an accountant of the Liberal Democratic Party’s bloc in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Friday for underreporting over ¥60 million ($386,000) of the group’s income and expenditure. The...

Bonuses paid by major Japanese companies in winter 2024 averaged ¥891,460, rewriting an all-time high for the first time in five years, the labor ministry said Friday. The average figure...

Japan’s primary balance is once again set to miss its long-standing target of achieving a balanced budget by the year ending March 2026. The primary balance, which excludes interest payments...

DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM – Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Friday. If successful, the ceasefire would halt...

Fuji TV plans to establish a third-party committee to investigate whether there is a culture of using female TV presenters at the broadcaster to entertain male celebrities, amid rising criticism...

Firefighters and helicopters were combating a blaze in a forest on a Japanese island on Friday, with media reports saying it may have been started by nearby military exercises. NHK’s...