Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced Wednesday that he would soon resign from parliament, a move likely to make it a bit easier for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to...

NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. Army veteran with an ISIS flag on his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and plowed into New Orleans’ crowded French Quarter on New Year’s Day,...

Two or three rate increases are expected in 2025 from the Bank of Japan, possibly taking the benchmark to 1% for the first time in three decades. “There seems to...

In 2022, Japan set out to increase startup investment by a factor of 10 in five years. It’s nowhere near achieving that. Total investment in startups in the country has...

Nippon Steel offered to give the U.S. government a veto over any reduction in U.S. Steel’s production capacity in a proposal that marks a last-ditch effort to win President Joe...

Emperor Naruhito, in his New Year’s thoughts released through the Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday, expressed hope for world peace the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II...

A transformative 12 months lie ahead as we leave the fearless Year of the Dragon and enter the visionary Year of the Snake (though China starts its zodiac from Jan....

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref. – Japan on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the massive earthquake that rocked Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula, leaving more than 500 people dead. Most of the...

Osaka – A towering wooden “Grand Ring” built for Expo 2025 in Osaka pays homage to Japan’s architectural history and is a symbol of unity despite criticism over costs, its...