New users have piled in to Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed U.S. ban on the popular social media app TikTok, as the lesser-known company rushes...

The 172nd Akutagawa literary prize was awarded Wednesday to authors Jose Ando and Yui Suzuki, while Shin Iyohara took home the Naoki Prize. The Akutagawa Prize, given to up-and-coming writers...

As Inauguration Day nears, it’s clear that President-elect Trump believes he has a mandate to enact the largest deportation in U.S. history. What happens next could forever alter what it...

The pace of the spread of highly pathogenic bird flu in Japan has accelerated since the beginning of 2025, sparking concerns over the negative impact on household budgets, such as...

Helsinki – Europe must boost its military spending and better coordinate its defense amid hybrid threats from Russia and suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea cables, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said...

A Japanese research team has found that more than 40% of people who felt that they slept enough actually lacked sleep. The team, led by Masashi Yanagisawa, professor and director...

New Delhi – Suzuki Motor is making full-fledged efforts to produce biogas fuel for automobiles using cow feces in India. The automaker is focusing on means other than electric vehicles...

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda joined his deputy in strengthening market expectations for a potential interest rate hike next week, boosting the yen and signaling the central bank is...

The city of Kyoto plans to raise the accommodation tax to a maximum ¥10,000 per night — the highest in Japan — to improve city infrastructure and mitigate crowds amid...