The Bank of England's pessimistic view of the U.K. has left economists scrambling to rewrite their expectations for future action. In its Inflation Report on Thursday, the central bank cut its forecast for growth this year to the weakest in a decade and predicted a ...

The apartment chain is evacuating them to repair fire-resistance, sound insulation and other defects in 1,324 apartments judged particularly unsafe in 32 prefectures.

Lawmakers question the neutrality of the government’s special “independent” probe into the wage data scandal after learning that bureaucrats, not outside experts, interviewed 25 of the 37 officials involved.

A cold wave caused by a mass of air at record-low temperatures gripped Hokkaido on Friday, causing traffic disruption across the island. As temperatures plunged below minus 20 degrees Celsius in some parts of the region the Meteorological Agency also predicted snow on Saturday for ...

The electronics maker’s first large-scale repurchase accounts for 2.4 percent of its stock and comes on the heels of SoftBank’s ¥600 billion buyback and a steep share drop.

Thailand's royalty made an unprecedented move into politics Friday when the sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn was declared a prime ministerial candidate in a March 24 general election, registration papers showed. The nomination of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, 67, the elder sister of King ...

A city in Shiga Prefecture said Friday it plans to use artificial intelligence to predict the potential consequences of suspected cases of bullying at schools, in what would be the first such analysis by a municipality in the country. "Through an AI theoretical analysis of ...

Small tropical reef fish were able to recognize themselves in a mirror, scientists said Thursday, in a finding that raises provocative questions about assessing self-awareness and cognitive abilities in animals. The study involved experiments in which the bluestreak cleaner wrasse was subject to a mirror ...

A U.N. panel expressed concern Thursday about "the high level of violence, sexual abuse and exploitation of children" in Japan, in the wake of the death of a 10-year-old girl in Chiba Prefecture due to alleged mistreatment. The Committee on the Rights of the Child ...

In a damp office at Addis Ababa University, doctoral student Hailu Geremew fantasizes about working on the nuclear reactor his country is now pondering building. "Oh that is my dream, my dream, my dream," said the nuclear physicist, 32. Geremew is part of a new generation ...

Japan has warned South Korea that it will take "countermeasures" if Seoul moves ahead with selling seized assets of a Japanese company that has refused to pay compensation in line with a ruling over wartime forced labor, diplomatic sources said Thursday. Options apparently under discussion ...

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries exports in 2018 grew 12.4 percent from a year earlier to hit a record high for the sixth straight year, buoyed by strong demand from other Asian nations, the farm ministry said Friday. The preliminary figure of ¥906.8 billion ($8.3 billion) ...

The Diet on Thursday passed a ¥3.04 trillion ($28 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2018 to fund measures including the bolstering of defences against natural disasters. The House of Councilors approved the second extra budget for the year through March following its passage at the ...

When we were negotiating for the purchase of a piece of land, the realtor told us that the lot we were interested in had no access to public waterworks, which meant we would have to dig a well. At first, this aspect seemed like ...

Households increased their spending for the first time in four months in December, with more expenditure on electric appliances. An extra national holiday in the reporting month compared with a year earlier also played a role. Spending by households with two or more people rose ...

Nestled in a leafy park between a rusting Soviet fighter jet and the old East German Embassy, a lonely statue of Lenin stands in the center of Hanoi as a symbol of the Russian revolutionary's inspiration to communist-ruled Vietnam. Yet in 1986, one year after ...

A record quarterly loss at the world's largest pension fund is prompting a debate on whether its shift to stocks from bonds was excessive. Domestic debt held by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund returned 1 percent in the three months ended Dec. 31, while the ...

Over 60 percent of women who plan to buy chocolates for Valentine's Day are considering treating themselves and buying chocolates for their own enjoyment, a survey by Matsuya Co.'s Ginza department store in Tokyo has shown. Of all respondents, 94.1 percent answered that they will ...

Scotland's capital, Edinburgh, is to become the first British city to introduce a tourist tax to try to better manage the impact of swelling visitor numbers and booming hotel occupancy, its council said on Thursday. One of Britain's most picturesque cities, Edinburgh had 1.75 million ...

Changing food consumption patterns takes time, and weighing the significance of Setsubun can trigger the first step forward.

If you listened to Mother Earth, you'd probably eat more corn and soy than nutritionists suggest.

Everyone has moments where they have to choose between two paths that will lead to drastically different lives. For Mina Otomonai, it came during her second year of high school when she strongly considered moving to South Korea to pursue a career in music. ...

Also appearing on the bill are Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, James Blake, Mitski and Janelle Monae, with many more still to be announced.

A fire at the training center of soccer club Flamengo killed 10 people and injured at least three others on Friday, firefighters said. The fire broke out at Ninho do Urubu, a state-of-the-art training center that was expanded and opened only two months ago. It was ...

Defending champion Kaori Sakamoto placed second, just over half a point behind Bradie Tennell of the United States, after the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Thursday. American Mariah Bell is third and Sakamoto's compatriot Rika Kihira fifth heading into ...

Phil Mickelson on Thursday did something he had not managed in more than two decades when he hit every fairway in the first round at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The unusually accurate driving helped the five-time major champion to a six-under-par 65 at Monterey Peninsula, ...

Hall of Famer and trailblazing baseball legend Frank Robinson passed away Thursday at the age of 83. It was reported last week that Robinson, Major League Baseball's first-ever black manager, was in the late stages of a long battle with bone cancer. Robinson died in Los ...