The year 2024 will likely be remembered as a hot one (at least, until next summer). It was a hot year for Japanese culture overseas, too, and heated debates were...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump thrust himself into the high-stakes fight over the fate of TikTok in the United States by urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would...

Blurry images of two seemingly new Chinese military aircraft with stealthy characteristics appeared online on Friday, with defense experts saying they were clearly advanced designs, but there was not enough...

Delivering the first cuts in interest rates since the early days of the pandemic was the easy part. The coming year is likely to be rich in nuance: Inflation won’t...

The U.N.’s Global Digital Compact is the first universal agreement on the international governance of AI. It seeks to ensure an open and equitable digital future for all. Source link

Osamu Suzuki, who ran Suzuki Motor — known for its minicars and motorcycles — across several decades and drove the company’s global expansion, has died. He was 94. Suzuki died...

Drunk people sleeping on the sidewalks of central Tokyo on a Friday night may be a common sight, but when pedestrians fall asleep in the middle of the road, the...

The number of bear sightings in cities across Japan has been on the rise over the past several years as food scarcity for the animal worsens. But more recently, the...

The past year has seen notable triumphs for Japanese culture overseas. Whether it was through the popularity of games like Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, honors at the Oscars...