Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet approved a bill Friday designed to allow the government to invest in Tokyo-based Rapidus, which aims to build the world’s first 2-nanometer semiconductor manufacturing plants...

LeBron James poured in 42 points to join Michael Jordan as the only 40-year-olds to score 40 points in an NBA game as the host Los Angeles Lakers notched a...

Police rearrested a taxi driver in Kawasaki on Thursday for violating the animal welfare law after he allegedly killed a wild pigeon he had captured. According to the Metropolitan Police...

One person has died and four more have been seriously injured due to heavy snow in parts of Japan, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. A powerful cold...

Abu Dhabi – Defending champion Elena Rybakina edged out Ons Jabeur in a deciding-set tie-break on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Abu Dhabi Open. The world number five,...

Japanese household consumption rose at the fastest pace since August 2022 at the end of 2024, as strong wage gains led by bonuses helped loosen consumers’ purse strings. Outlays adjusted...

The effort by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global system that aims to prevent and respond to famine. Struggling...

Apple, which counts China as its biggest manufacturing hub and the U.S. as its largest market, is now at the center of an escalating geopolitical fight that threatens to span...

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Thursday by a federal district court in California, in...