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South Korea's national security adviser is in Washington to meet his U.S. counterpart, John Bolton, ahead of an expected summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, officials in Washington and Seoul said. The U.S. National Security Council asked Chung ...
The number of children in Japan fell for the 37th consecutive year to yet another record low, signaling that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to combat the low birthrate are still wanting. There were 15.53 million Japanese and other children in the nation as of ...
A memorial service was held Friday for a Japanese police officer who was killed in northwestern Cambodia during a U.N. peacekeeping operation in 1993. On May 4 that year, Haruyuki Takata, then 33, was killed in a Khmer Rouge ambush. He was one of two ...
In affluent Japan millions of tons of still-edible food waste are thrown away each year, evoking a sense of guilt for many. According to the agriculture ministry, 6.46 million tons of untouched food were discarded in 2015. Entrepreneurs are now looking to use technology to ...
The request comes as the total price tag of the project has ballooned to ¥3 trillion due to increased costs for safety measures.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it is building a facility in the United States to test dangerous driving scenarios with its autonomous vehicles that are too risky to perform on public roads. The facility at Ottawa Lake, Michigan, which is being built by the Toyota ...
When Ryo Taniguchi, designer of the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, was thinking about studying abroad as a teenager, his illustrator father gave him some sage advice: take the scenic route. Taniguchi, whose winning designs of two futuristic, rooted-in-culture characters ...
Karl Marx's home town is holding a party for the "Communist Manifesto" author's bicentenary, and China is paying for the birthday gift. Trier, in western Germany, is bracing for big crowds for the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth this weekend, with political speeches, competing demonstrations ...
U.S. President Donald Trump's new chief lawyer said on Thursday that if his client agrees to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller, it should be limited to a few hours and focus on Russian tampering in the 2016 election. Asked what questions might be ...
The finance ministers and central bank governors of the three countries also warned of risks from rising protectionism and noted the importance of free trade.
Speaking at the U.N. headquarters in New York, minister says kin of abductees consider upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Syria's war rages unabated despite a fall in the number of besieged civilians, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday, warning of a potential worsening of the conflict in the rebel-controlled governorate of Idlib. U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said millions of civilians were still ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit Japan for next year's summit of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies, diplomatic sources said Thursday. Tokyo, meanwhile, is hoping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can visit China as early as this fall, as this year marks the ...
The Japanese economy produces growth and distributes the spoils fairly.
Japan must understand the China-India relationship as it formulates its regional strategy, especially given the growing significance of New Delhi in Tokyo's foreign policy.
The prime minister's likely successor won't be as knowledgeable about economics or have the personal authority to be able to rein in the bureaucrats.
With a pantheon of outdoor sports such as mountain biking, ziplining, hiking and more, the summer season in Hokkaido's Niseko is increasingly switched on.
The unified Korea women's squad at the World Team Table Tennis Championships crashed out in its first fixture, losing to Japan 3-0 in Friday's semifinals. The Korean team was formed on the spot here through an agreement between the federations of both North and South ...
The Kanazawa Samuraiz made a pair of clutch baskets in the final minute, rallying to beat the visiting Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka by the slimmest of margins, 71-70, on Friday night. Tsubasa Yonamine scored his only two points on a layup with 1 minute remaining. The ...
David Buchanan allowed five hits without a walk and drove in a run to help the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to an 8-0 win over the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp on Friday. Buchanan (3-1), who has yet to pitch less than six innings or allow more ...
Arsene Wenger will be given a hero's farewell at Emirates Stadium on Sunday when Arsenal plays Burnley, though the genuine affection rightly afforded him will be matched by a sense of relief that the greatest manager in the club's history is leaving after 22 ...
Ichiro Suzuki is done as a player in 2018. The jury is out still on whether the baseball legend is calling it quits for good. The Seattle Mariners announced Thursday Ichiro will move into the front office as special assistant to the chairman, effective immediately, ...
