100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Jan. 1, 1925 The New Year is to see Japan well on the road to a new-born prosperity, with the Yen nearer its normal rate of...

In the prologue to Marty Friedman’s recently published autobiography, “Dreaming Japanese” (written with Jon Wiederhorn), the American guitarist describes being the “only non-Japanese person” in an izakaya (Japanese pub) following...

Kyiv – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday vowed that his country would use 2025 to fight for an end to Russia’s nearly 3-year-old invasion by any means necessary. The...

New York – Investors are expecting more gains for the U.S. stock market in 2025 after two straight standout years, fueled by a solid economy supporting corporate profits, moderating interest...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba managed to survive 2024 following his Liberal Democratic Party’s loss of a majority in the Oct. 27 Lower House election, which forced him to to work...

The shinkansen has been mostly stuck in Japan as competitors from Europe and China sell their own high-speed trains in an increasing number of countries. Source link

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref. – Layers of ashen-brown mud cake the roadside, driftwood lies heaped in mangled mounds, and homes knocked down by landslides rest in eerie silence as the occasional...

Yokohama – A 49-year-old woman in Kanagawa Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly killing her son, 9, who was found dead along with two other children of the suspect. Upon...

LISBON – What could Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election mean for the American and global economies? In a December 2016 commentary (titled “The Trump Boom?”), I argued...