Guidelines issued by the industry ministry in 2023 have opened the door for companies to launch takeover bids without the consent of the companies being acquired, which was widely considered...

Japan is feeling the impact from higher interest rates on a more personal level, according to an analysis of social media activity following the central bank’s latest policy decision. After...

Japanese media are still failing to report sexual assault cases properly, a key figure in the country’s nascent #MeToo movement said in the wake of the scandal surrounding celebrity Masahiro...

The success of DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence model points to how China might eventually achieve an even bigger technological breakthrough in the face of U.S. export curbs: Producing its own...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was pleased that Myles Lewis-Skelly’s red card was rescinded but criticized the abuse aimed at referee Michael Oliver by fans. The 18-year-old Lewis-Skelly has escaped a...

Russia is sending cargoes of sanctioned oil to India on tankers that have been designated by the U.S. Treasury — setting up an acid test of Moscow’s ability to get...

Scientists aboard the research vessel Reuben Lasker were conducting surveys of marine life off the Southern California coast in early January when ash from the Los Angeles wildfires began to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal aid was temporarily blocked in court on Tuesday, even as it sowed chaos throughout...

SoftBank Group is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, according to people familiar with the matter. The startup would...