A rally was held in Tokyo on Thursday calling for an end to the prolonged detention of foreign nationals at immigration facilities across the country, with a woman pleading for the immediate release of her detained husband, who is on a hunger strike. "My husband ...

Emperor Naruhito performed from Thursday evening a centuries-old Shinto thanksgiving ceremony known as the Daijosai, the last of the major succession rituals following his enthronement in May. The state-funded rite has stirred controversy for its religious aspects. The Yukiden Kyosen no Gi event started at ...

Several knives were found in a bag he was believed to be carrying at the time of Tuesday’s incident, investigative sources said.

China's economy slowed further in October, according to data from its National Bureau of Statistics, signaling that policymakers' piecemeal stimulus is failing to boost output and investment amid ongoing trade tensions with the U.S. and subdued demand at home. Investment grew at the slowest pace ...

Private consumption cooled from the previous quarter, casting doubt on the Bank of Japan’s view that demand will offset the impact from intensifying global risks.

Motorola is rebooting the iconic Razr flip phone as a 6.2-inch smartphone with a foldable display that gives the Lenovo-owned brand a unique selling point against Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.'s finest. The new device reprises the Motorola Razr name, and looks like a ...

Unprecedented wildfires in eastern Australia have turbocharged demands that the conservative government do more to tackle climate change and have rekindled an ideological fight over the science behind the blazes. The huge fires have affected communities up and down the east coast, killing four people ...

November typically sees a surge in hikers seeking to enjoy autumn leaves, but several trails in Kamakura, Hakone and other destinations across Kanagawa Prefecture — and elsewhere in the Kanto region — remain closed indefinitely after two powerful typhoons tore through the country in ...

Japan Display Inc. reported a group net loss of ¥108.67 billion ($996 million) for the fiscal first half on Wednesday, up more than tenfold from a year earlier, due to massive restructuring costs that saw its negative net worth also surpass ¥100 billion. The red ...

The suspect in a deadly arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in July was sent Thursday to a Kyoto hospital from one in Osaka Prefecture after undergoing multiple skin grafts. Kyoto police plan to arrest Shinji Aoba, 41, after he sufficiently recovers from ...

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday rejected a damages suit filed by three couples who argued that the country's law forcing married couples to use the same surname is unconstitutional. The Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court upheld the constitutionality of the relevant provisions ...

Next time you visit your hairdresser, spare a thought for the pigeons. For a long time scientists thought the fact that pigeons in urban environments often lost their toes was due to some form of infection or was a reaction to chemical pollutants. But now researchers ...

Anti-government protesters paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing school closures and blocking highways and other transport links to disrupt the financial hub amid a marked escalation of violence. Protesters have torched vehicles and buildings, hurled petrol bombs at police ...

Hospitals faced continuing financial difficulties in fiscal 2018, with institutions across the country registering a minus 2.7 percent profit margin on average, a government survey has shown. The negative profit margin for hospitals with 20 or more beds was 0.3 percentage point better than in ...

The U.S.-China trade war has reignited the debate over which developing countries in Asia could take over the mantle of the world's workshop. The front-runners? India and Indonesia. A report published Tuesday by Bloomberg Economics shows that no one nation is able to reproduce the ...

From tagging photos on Facebook to driving with Google Maps, people should join forces in "data unions" to demand payment for letting online tools collect their data, according to an economist advocating for radical reforms to improve society. Glen Weyl, a principal researcher at the ...

Since 2015, at least 14 Japanese citizens, including the professor, have been detained in China on various charges such as espionage.

The hacker behind a cyberattack that has crippled the Petroleos Mexicanos computer systems since the weekend is hoping to squeeze about $5 million out of the company and appears to have set a deadline of Nov. 30. Pemex has other ideas, saying it won't pay ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Chinese President Xi Jinping praised their countries' strong bilateral relations at a meeting on Wednesday, as sources said a Chinese state firm was prepared to announce a major Brazil port investment. The leaders' comments showed how far relations have come ...

A group of Asian airlines canceled an annual gathering of their executives next week due to the "unpredictability" of the situation in Hong Kong, they said late on Wednesday. Hong Kong anti-government protesters on Wednesday paralyzed parts of the Asian financial hub for a third ...

China's DJI, the world's largest commercial drone maker, said on Wednesday it is developing technology that would allow the public to track the registrations of drones in flight using just a smartphone, amid a broader industry push to make such data available. SZ DJI Technology ...

Between 3.9 million and 4.8 million unauthorized immigrants lived in Europe in 2017, mainly recently arrived young men, numbers slightly lower from the previous year, the U.S.-based Pew Research Center said Wednesday. The figures "accounted for less than one percent of Europe's total population of ...

Bolivia's exiled ex-president Evo Morales said Wednesday he was ready to return to "pacify" his country amid weeks of unrest that led to his resignation. "If the people ask me, we are ready to return to pacify" Bolivia, the leftist leader said in a news ...

Exchanges of fire triggered by Israel's targeted killing of a top militant in Gaza raged for a second day Wednesday and showed little sign of easing as the Palestinian death toll shot up to 23. Fresh rocket barrages were fired at Israel, which responded with ...

Facebook Inc. removed 3.2 billion fake accounts between April and September, along with millions of posts depicting child abuse and suicide, according to its latest content moderation report released on Wednesday. That more than doubles the number of fake accounts taken down during the same ...

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the domestic economy was in good shape and the central bank saw a "sustained expansion" ahead. This helped ease nerves on Wall Street, which opened lower after President Donald Trump on ...

Japan's sustained economic growth and regional stability will not be served if Japan-China relations are securitized.

The United States has allowed Chinese expansionism in Asia to continue virtually unimpeded.

Coming to a compromise, PowerPoint presentations and group consensus will help you get your way at work over an impressive oral argument.

Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness discuss the finer points of bringing their brand of openness and acceptance to Japan

Multimedia artist Yayoi Kusama is keeping up a torrid pace at 90 — backing up sold-out exhibits at museums around the world with fresh works, more shows and even a balloon designed for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. Kusama's balloon, "Love ...

As Japanese box office figures hit record highs in the 2010s, the country's film industry became increasingly insular

Tatsuya Mori follows Tokyo Shimbun journalist Isoko Mochizuki as she attempts to get answers from government officials in this bleak look at press freedom and integrity in Japan

Keiichi Kobayashi's quirky romantic drama mixes adolescent love with themes of death and darkness

Takumi Minamino converted a first-half penalty and Genki Haraguchi doubled the lead with a free kick after the break as Japan overcame a determined Kyrgyzstan 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday. With the victory at a chilly Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Group F leader ...

Debutant Stefanos Tsitsipas crushed defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday to book his place in the last four of the ATP Finals with a match to spare. The 21-year-old, the first Greek player to qualify for the elite eight-man season-ending tournament, backed up ...

There are no players as motivated as Yasuaki Yamasaki who are competing for Japan in the ongoing Premier12. The Yokohama BayStars star closer was part of Samurai Japan in the tournament's inaugural edition in 2015, when the team reluctantly settled for a bronze medal in ...

One of the more popular rikishi these days is Abi. The tall 25-year-old fights out of a Shikoroyama stable headed up by former sekiwake Terao — a man that was also a crowd favorite back in his active days. The stable has no shortage of well-liked ...

Hometown favorite Kotoshogiku picked up his first win of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday, defeating previously unbeaten overnight leader Shodai and pulling him back to the pack. The No. 9 maegashira briefly turned back the clock to his ozeki days as he quickly ...

The International Olympic Committee wants to keep the men's marathon on the final day of the 2020 Tokyo Games and is considering flying athletes from Sapporo, where the race will be held, to the capital for the closing ceremony, John Coates, chairman of the ...

Through last weekend, there are two B1 teams with double-digit win totals: the Kawasaki Brave Thunders (11-3) and Utsunomiya Brex (10-4). In the second flight, which is also an 18-team circuit, seven clubs have 10 or more wins, with the Hiroshima Dragonflies (15-2), Shinshu Brave ...