Japan's new supercomputer Fugaku is set to begin operations around 2021 with the country aiming to regain the title of building the world's fastest computer, replacing its current supercomputer K, government-backed research institute Riken said Thursday. The Fugaku, a nickname for Mount Fuji, aims to ...

Police took complete video recordings during 87.6 percent of fiscal 2018 interrogations in criminal cases bound for lay judge trials, National Police Agency data showed Thursday. As the recording of interrogation video and audio will become mandatory in June based on the revised criminal procedure ...

The survey suggests the government may struggle to get the workers it needs to ease the country’s labor woes.

Attorney Junichiro Hironaka revealed Carlos Ghosn’s defense team would ask the court later in the day to grant a meeting with his wife, Carole Ghosn.

Rarely have Maritime Self-Defense Force ships garnered this much attention. On April 30, the Izumo helicopter carrier — one of Japan's two largest and arguably most controversial naval vessels — set off for a three-month deployment and this month it conducted two quadrilateral naval exercises ...

For the ruling coalition, a snap election would be a major gamble because it would put its current supermajority in both chambers at risk.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to unite the country on Thursday after a huge election win, with his party on course to increase its majority on a mandate of pursuing business-friendly policies and a hard line on national security. Official data from India's Election ...

President Donald Trump abruptly stalked out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, flatly declaring he will no longer work with Democrats unless they drop all investigations in the aftermath of the special counsel's Trump-Russia report. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it all ...

A set of photos has been uncovered offering a fresh look into the life of Emperor Naruhito during his time studying in Britain in the 1980s. Taken in 1985, the photos show the then-prince visiting a summer festival for Japan-U.K. friendship in London and smiling ...

Toyota Motor's Japan Taxi, born in a government committee and designed to be an all-things-to-all-people cab, has become a high-priced icon of Tokyo's budget-busting 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Launched in 2017, the indigo car is the realization of a government project to put a ...

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said Tuesday that it will ban employees from smoking during working hours, an unusual move for a major Japanese chemical company. The ban, slated to go into effect from next April, is aimed at protecting employees from secondhand smoke, said the core ...

At the age of 75, Mikiko Kuzuno found herself recently laid off and applying for a job at a factory near Tokyo. She insisted on making the application in person. "I asked them to please take a look at me," she said. "I wanted to ...

On Monday, the U.S. president will meet with Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace and attend an imperial banquet.

A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour trains. Victims of groping can activate the Digi Police app, which either blasts out a voice shouting ...

When Donald Trump first took office in 2017, officials in Beijing saw a pragmatic businessman: All that tough campaign talk, they argued, was merely "Art of the Deal" negotiating tactics rather than deeply held beliefs. Yet more than two years later, Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

U.S. President Donald Trump will not focus heavily on trade during his four-day state visit to Japan beginning Saturday, a senior administration official said Wednesday, suggesting the two governments are unlikely to reach an agreement during the trip. In a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo ...

Why does a stock market fall in Japan lead to a stronger yen, while a surge in share prices has the opposite effect?

There's a clear strategic rationale for the prime minister's over-the-top efforts to cultivate a relationship with the U.S. president.

The Cannes Film Festival, the world's premier film event, has long been a holy grail for Japanese filmmakers. Selection for the main competition is the ultimate goal for many, though screenings in other sections convey prestige at home that other festivals, in Japan and ...

A creative yet shy child fascinated with origami and crafts, Kaiji Moriyama discovered dance late, at the age of 21 while a university student. He has certainly made up for the lost time, though. Just seven years since first studying the art form, ...

Amazon is taking "The Power" away from Georgia after the southern U.S. state decided this month to ban nearly all abortions, the TV series' director announced on Tuesday. Reed Morano, who won an Emmy Award for her work on "The Handmaid's Tale" — a show ...

Kento Itohara's ninth-inning RBI single broke up a scoreless tie, lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 1-0 win and a three-game sweep over the struggling Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Thursday. The Swallows' David Buchanan and the Tigers' Haruto Takahashi each worked six innings, but could ...

Thomas Kennedy, a dynamic scorer for the Gunma Crane Thunders for four seasons, has joined the Hiroshima Dragonflies. The move was announced by Hiroshima on Thursday. Kennedy led the B. League second division in scoring (27.9 points per game) this past season and started all 60 ...

Poignant tributes to Niki Lauda, including a solitary red baseball cap left hanging on his earphones peg, were all around the Mercedes team motorhome and its cars on Thursday morning as practice began for the Monaco Grand Prix. On a dry and hazy morning in ...

Seventeen-year-old J. League star Takefusa Kubo on Thursday received his first call-up to Japan's senior national squad for next month's friendlies against Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador. Kubo, an attacking midfielder for FC Tokyo, was one of three uncapped players named to the squad, ...

Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission Chairman John Coates praised the local organizing committee on Thursday, citing unparalleled interest in ticket sales and progress toward managing issues regarding transportation and adverse weather conditions at the games. Speaking at a joint news conference at the conclusion of the ...

Yokozuna Kakuryu recovered from his second upset of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament to reclaim a share of the lead with rank-and-filer Asanoyama, who suffered his second loss of the meet on Thursday. Kakuryu (10-2) was momentarily pushed back by No. 5 maegashira Ryuden (7-5) ...

The busiest men in sumo are the yobidashi (ring announcers). Named after their most conspicuous duty, yobidashi do far more than just call rikishi up to fight. In fact, pretty much every behind-the- scenes task in Japan's national sport is taken care of by sumo's unsung ...

There was a recurring theme game after game during the Alvark Tokyo's march to their second consecutive B. League title. Trust amplifies winning. As much as anything, trust defined the 2018-19 Alvark squad. Head coach Luka Pavicevic set the tone with savvy game plans and confidence-building strategies. ...

Olympic track and field star Allyson Felix joined a chorus of recent criticism against Nike on Wednesday, accusing the sporting goods giant of penalizing female athletes who took time off to have a child. Felix, the only female track and field athlete to win six ...

Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob intends to re-sign Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant when they become unrestricted free agents this summer, even though Durant's agent said the superstar is undecided. With the Warriors in the midst of a nine-day break before the NBA Finals ...