Ishiba won praise for his deft handling of Trump, squelching critics’ predictions that the president would walk all over the bookish Japanese leader. Source link

The outstanding balance of Japanese government debt hit a record high of ¥1.32 quadrillion ($8.67 trillion) at the end of 2024, the Finance Ministry said Monday. The combined balance of...

Saitama – It could take at least two to three years to repair a sewer rupture found after a road collapsed in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, according to the head of...

Beijing – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday it had complained to Japan over “negative” references to China in a statement issued after a meeting between the leaders of Japan...

An exhibition of various kinds of miniatures is being held at a cultural property site on the premises of Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, featuring crafts from 17 artists and collectors. “The...

The way Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Japan — initially beginning as a day for women to offer boxes of chocolates to men they have feelings for — is evolving...

MANILA – When masked vigilantes killed her husband at the height of the Philippines’ “war on drugs” in 2016, Liza Igcasinza admitted to the police that she was using banned...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive-order Sharpies have done more work lately, but his most infamous Sharpie is still the one that drew a curve at the end of a hurricane...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/MOSCOW – U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he believed the United States was making progress in its talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine,...