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The government plans to utilize artificial intelligence to constantly observe and analyze images of the Earth's surface and location data provided by satellites, mainly for disaster prevention, sources said Tuesday. Through the AI-based analysis, the internal affairs ministry aims to predict the risk of landslides ...
Spain's Telecinco television channel revealed Wednesday a series of mobile phone messages written by sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to another separatist, in which he says it's likely all over for him. The revelations, which Puigdemont did not deny, came as the Spanish government urged ...
Many of the nation's stargazers were treated to a celestial show Wednesday night with the appearance of a "super blue blood moon," a phenomenon caused by the rare confluence of three lunar events. According to NASA, which called the event a "lunar trifecta," a supermoon ...
The Philippines' top anti-corruption prosecutor on Wednesday defied an order by President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend her deputy on suspicion of leaking his bank records, accusing the Filipino leader of breaching the Constitution with the demand. Duterte has been accused by an opposition politician of ...
Analysts downgraded Japan's Pyeongchang Olympics medal projection from 15 to 14 on Tuesday, while lowering the nation's gold medal haul from four to two. According to sports analytics firm Gracenote's latest virtual medal table, Japan's figure skating prospects have taken a hit since it was ...
Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo is leaving Serie A powerhouse Inter Milan on a six-month loan deal to Turkish giant Galatasaray, an informed source said Wednesday. The 31-year-old Japanese will travel to Istanbul today to iron out the final details and have a medical. Nagatomo, who ...
In what was perhaps a make-or-break moment for their careers, comedy duo Woman Rush Hour did something on prime-time television in December that most of their fellow comedians try their best to eschew: They talked about politics. The 5-minute-long manzai act lampooned Japan's purchase of ...
In the wake of the Logan Paul "suicide forest" fiasco, YouTubers offer their tips on filming in Japan without infuriating the locals.
The news that "Monkey" has been remade by Australia's ABC in a co-production with TV New Zealand and Netflix is likely to cause those in the know to fan two fingers in front of their mouth, Monkey-style, to summon a flying cloud.
A father steps back into his family's lives, after a gap of 13 years, to tell them he is dying of cancer.
"Manhunt" has got the white doves, gratuitous slo-mo and operatic gunplay that fans of Woo's earlier films would expect, but the whole thing is as slackly executed as an "Expendables" movie.
The dollar eased below ¥108.70 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, pressured by a slump in the Tokyo stock market and position-adjustment selling. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥108.68, down from ¥108.74 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.2444, up from ...
The U.S. government is "cautiously optimistic" on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs following a decline in extrajudicial killings, a U.S. senior narcotics official said Tuesday. Washington has shifted away millions of dollars in funding for law enforcement from a drug control program of ...
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. said Wednesday it will merge its subsidiary Fuji Xerox Co. with Xerox Corp. of the United States to boost growth, while at the same time saying Fuji Xerox will cut one-fifth of its global workforce. The merger will enable Fujifilm "to formulate ...
Kanagawa Prefecture will test a free smartphone rental service for foreign tourists from mid-February to the end of March as the country readies itself for an expected influx of overseas visitors in the run-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The prefecture plans ...
The reactor in Ibaraki Prefecture gained approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority to resume operations and will be used to conduct research on the extraction of melted nuclear fuel.
In his first State of the Union address, U.S. President Donald Trump branded the North Korean regime "depraved" and touted his pushback against "unfair trade deals," but had little new to say beyond rehashed statements about two key issues allied Japan continues to grapple ...
The government plans to conduct a demonstration project to test the safety of burying waste generated by decontamination work following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The Fukushima Prefectural Government took disciplinary action Tuesday against an employee in his 50s who used his office laptop to enter a raffle approximately 1,450 times, with about 930 being completed during working hours. The man, who held a managerial position at an outpost agency ...
The benchmark Nikkei average extended its losing streak to a sixth session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, battered by sell-offs on Wall Street and in the futures market. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 193.68 points, or 0.83 percent, to end at 23,098.29. The key ...
