Japan partially lifted wildfire evacuation orders on Friday after rain helped stop the country’s worst blaze in more than half a century from spreading. The fire had raged in the...

Washington – Rights advocates raised the alarm, including over free speech concerns, on Thursday after it was reported that the U.S. State Department will use artificial intelligence to revoke the...

Beijing – China’s foreign minister said on Friday the country will “resolutely counter” pressure from the United States on the fentanyl issue, adding that major powers “should not bully the...

Singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba still remembers a dream where she broke into pieces. “I was experiencing sleep paralysis. My mind was moving, but I couldn’t move my body,” she tells The...

Hideo Jojo pushes into forbidden territory and navigates the darker currents of his latest film with assurance. Source link

The U.N. Development Program said Thursday it has picked Japanese actress Mana Ashida as domestic goodwill ambassador, a post newly set up by the organization to focus on efforts in...

Berlin – The share of women among Japan’s lawmakers was 15.7% as of last December, the lowest among the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations, an Inter-Parliamentary Union report said...

WASHINGTON – The population of butterflies — the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems — has fallen in the United States by...

Paris – President Emmanuel Macron has said he will launch a strategic dialogue on extending the protection offered by France’s nuclear arsenal to its European partners. Europe’s primary nuclear deterrence...