Japan is considering expanding the scope of industries under the Specified Skilled Worker visa for foreigners to address a ...

The Japanese government and ruling coalition decided May 14 to distribute 100,000 metric tons of stockpiled rice as the ...

TINIAN/GUAM (Kyodo) -- The Pacific island of Tinian is planning a "big" commemoration in August to mark the 80th anniversary ...

T-4 training aircraft crashed into Lake Iruka in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, May 14, in a spectacle seen by visitors a ...

Yields on longer-term Japanese government bonds have soared recently, as a series of pledges by lawmakers to cut the ...

Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.7 percent in the January-March period, marking the first contraction in four ...

NATO foreign ministers on Thursday debated an American demand to massively ramp up defense investment as the United States ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's claim this week that there is an unreported "genocide" ...

A 5-month-old polar bear cub at Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zoorasia made his public debut on May 14 accompanied by his mother.

Rai the polar bear cub is seen at Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zoorasia in Yokohama, May 13, 2025. (Mainichi/Hisako Sugita) ...

Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said Thursday, but hopes for ...

Japan and the United States are making arrangements to hold working-level talks next week to set the stage for another round ...