Rights groups urged the United Nations Monday to send investigators to China's northwestern Xinjiang province to probe the mass detainment of ethnic Uighur and other Muslim minorities. "The abuse in Xinjiang today is so severe that it cries out for international action," Human Rights Watch ...

Visit days after the Japan-EU trade pact took effect “sends a strong message on promotion of free trade” and strengthening economic ties, Abe said.

A nurse who previously worked at a home for the elderly in central Japan was arrested Sunday for an alleged 2017 assault on a resident in her 90s, with police suspecting he was also involved in four other cases. Takeshi Odori, 33, is suspected to ...

One day in January, in a quiet Zen temple on a hill in Nagoya's Tenpaku Ward, a priest offered a Nigerian visitor okaki (rice crackers). "Can you eat (this)?" the chief priest of Tokurinji temple asked him in English. The man, who came to Japan to ...

The automaker cited doubts about the U.K.’s split from the EU in its decision to scrap plans to make the X-Trail at its Sunderland plant.

China's consumers have cut back on purchases of everything from Apple Inc.'s iPhones to Swiss watches as the trade war with the U.S. hits the economy. Landing just days after hundreds of local companies issued profit warnings and multinationals sounded the alarm about softening demand, ...

The organizers of an annual rally calling for the return of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido may refrain from issuing a declaration that includes language potentially upsetting for Moscow, according to sources close to the matter, as Japan seeks a breakthrough in the decades-old dispute ...

The last Democrat to win a U.S. presidential election, Barack Obama, ran in 2012 on a platform of raising taxes for top earners to nearly 40 percent. Now a new crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls is signaling that they want to go even further. Massachusetts ...

As Chinese people celebrate the new Year of the Pig this week, environmental campaigners are urging them to eat less pork and help save the planet. China consumes more meat than any other country and accounts for half the world's consumption of pork, which is ...

With the presence of the "neocon comeback kids," U.S. foreign policy now shows atavism symptoms again.

The boundary between historical fact and fiction is more porous than students of history might think.

Extending the working lives of the elderly by offering better employment conditions is a top priority for Japan.

Three common assumptions skew economists' forecasts of automation's impact on employment.

The world is full of smells. Good smells and bad smells, pleasant and unpleasant smells, fragrant and pungent smells. Though the nose is not our most reliable advisor in perception — eyesight is far more important, as is well known — smells clearly have ...

The word "irai" translates as "since," and it can be tacked on to both nouns and verbs.

A Japanese news article sums up the issue of Naomi Osaka's anime avatar and its controversial color.

When reading about Naomi Osaka's anime ad for Nissin, learners of English will be introduced to a new way to use the verb "to whitewash."

When Yumiko Munekyo was a vice president at Nomura Holdings Inc. in 2011, she would take clients to upscale sushi spots around Manhattan. They'd invariably order junmai daiginjō, the highest grade of sake and also usually the priciest, but not always the most interesting ...

Sara Takanashi finished second in the women's normal hill individual competition on Sunday as Norway's Maren Lundby claimed her fifth straight World Cup victory. Takanashi landed on the podium for the sixth time this season after posting jumps of 88.0 and 89.0 meters to net ...

The head of the Japan Sports Agency on Monday said he hopes high school baseball establishes pitching limitations to protect the arms of young athletes. In an interview with Kyodo News, Daichi Suzuki indicated he would like high school baseball authorities to place inning or ...

The Yomiuri Giants are often referred to as Japan's answer to the New York Yankees — the "Evil Empire" version of the Bronx Bombers anyway — and the offseason they've had makes it easy to see why. After finishing a fourth straight season without winning ...

In the days since Japan's 3-1 defeat to Qatar in the 2019 Asian Cup final, Japan's soccer media has had plenty of time to unload its takes, whether first, second or simply hot. But another narrative has emerged on Twitter, with players weighing in on ...

That super shootout everyone expected turned into a defensive standoff. The New England Patriots showed they can win that type of championship game, too. So after Tom Brady led one classic drive to win the Patriots their record-tying sixth Super Bowl, he perfectly summed up ...

Qatari first-division club Al-Duhail on Sunday announced the signing of Shoya Nakajima from Portuguese top-flight outfit Portimonense. Al-Duhail has reportedly paid €35 million ($40 million) for the 24-year-old, a record for the transfer of a Japanese player, overtaking the roughly $29 million Parma paid Italian ...

Jared Goff trudged to the Los Angeles Rams' bench, his face betraying confusion and despair while the Patriots celebrated their interception behind him. Sean McVay left the sideline and leaned into his ear. The coach didn't say much, but he encouraged his quarterback to learn ...

Midfielder Shinji Kagawa came off the bench late to strike twice in his debut for Besiktas in a 6-2 win at Antalyaspor in the Turkish League on Sunday. Kagawa, who joined Besiktas on loan from runaway German Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund until the end ...