Kaz Shiomi, 47, has to be one of Japan’s most unapologetically colorful businesswomen. The Osakan designer’s bubbly personality is even brighter than her aesthetic and it’s reflected in the vivid...

NHK’s annual year-end music blowout, “Kohaku Uta Gassen,” has been airing for over 70 years, but it still manages to surprise. The most recent edition, which aired on the national...

Kuala Lumpur – Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Malaysian counterpart, Anwar Ibrahim, confirmed Friday that their countries will promote cooperation in the security field. In their meeting at the...

Japanese space startup Ispace is preparing to launch its second lunar lander on Wednesday, aiming to achieve a historic milestone in private-sector space exploration. The Resilience lander, part of Ispace’s...

Come the end of the year in Japan, there’s a rush on cleaning services, straw decorations and boxed osechi ryōri (traditional New Year’s cuisine). But over the past few years,...

China’s military capabilities, particularly its growing missile arsenal, have increased the need for the United States to reinforce its air bases across the Indo-Pacific, as a lack of hardened aircraft...

The government on Friday announced additional sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. A total of 33 organizations and 12 individuals, including a North Korean national, were added to...

Apollo Global Management is considering taking a substantial stake in a bid by Seven & I’s founding Ito family to take the convenience store operator private, people familiar with the...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to block the U.S. Justice Department from releasing a special counsel’s investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his defeat in...