The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal — a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive power. The so-called low-yield missile joins other, more powerful weapons aboard stealthy submarines prowling the oceans. The debut deployment aboard long-range ...

The government is aiming to curb the growing trend of land plots with no identifiable owners by clarifying owners' responsibilities, with the Cabinet approving a bill to revise the Basic Act for Land at a meeting Tuesday. The number of plots with undetermined ownership is ...

A Maritime Self-Defense Force unit currently deployed in the Middle East will not take part in any exercise of force by the U.S. military there, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday. While the MSDF unit will provide information to the U.S. military around once in ...

Sony Corp. on Tuesday raised its group net and operating profit outlooks for the current business year through March, citing robust demand for image sensors used in portable devices such as smartphone cameras. The electronics and entertainment giant now expects a net profit of ¥590 ...

Sinking into steamy hot springs, the giant rodents of Izu Shaboten Koen flick their ears and close their eyes against the camera clicks of fascinated onlookers, drifting into a hazy midday nap. They might not know it, but the five capybaras are the star attraction ...

The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results from the state's first-in-the-nation caucus were indefinitely delayed due to "quality checks" and "inconsistencies" in some reporting, an embarrassing complication that added a new layer of doubt to an already uncertain U.S. presidential primary season. The ...

Japan's real gross domestic product is believed to have dropped for the first time in five quarters in the October-December period, partly due to the consumption tax hike taking a bite out of domestic demand, according to estimates by 10 think tanks. The research institutes ...

Feeling stressed by the deadly coronavirus? Have a good cry, say Chinese health experts. If that doesn't work, buy a punching bag for the office — or try singing. The advice for people in China struggling to cope mentally with the virus comes as schools ...

Google LLC is limiting access to key tools that track ad spending, disrupting hundreds of marketers and underscoring the powerful role the search giant plays in the digital advertising industry. One recent change affects ad measurement companies — independent firms that monitor the performance of ...

In another demonstration of the effect the virus is having on tourism, Japanese department store operators saw duty free sales slump during the key Lunar New Year holiday.

The Hilton group said Tuesday it will open a hotel under its newest luxury brand in Kyoto in autumn 2021, counting on a further upswell in lodging demand from tourists even after the Tokyo Olympics this summer. The timing of the planned opening for the ...

In a bid to dampen the effects of a rapidly graying society, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved bills to urge businesses to let employees work until age 70.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury Lexus brand posted a double-digit sales gain last year, taking its 30th anniversary in stride as strength in China and Europe offset stalled demand in North America. The brand, which debuted in 1989, grew 10 percent to 765,330 vehicles worldwide, Toyota ...

So far, 20 cases of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus have been reported in Japan, four of which occurred in Tokyo.

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said the island will deny entry to all foreign nationals who had been to China during the past 14 days starting from Friday due to the increasing threat from the coronavirus epidemic. The new incoming travel ban includes all foreign nationals who ...

Passengers on an Air Canada Boeing 767 that made a safe emergency landing in Madrid on Monday evening have described how they spent hours flying in circles to burn fuel in a tense calm. Toronto-bound flight AC837, carrying 128 passengers, departed from the Spanish capital ...

The U.S. Commerce Department has finalized a new rule to impose anti-subsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar, including potentially China and even Japan. The move Monday could provide a fresh irritant in U.S.-China trade talks ...

The Red Cross on Monday stressed the need to ensure that all masks used in Chinese hospitals fighting the novel coronavirus outbreak are high quality, warning that donating substandard gear was more problematic than helpful. China has acknowledged that it "urgently" needs medical supplies, including ...

Sapporo's annual snow festival began in the city on Tuesday, amid fears over the outbreak of the coronavirus from China and soaring costs involved in transporting snow to the site amid an unusually warm winter. The number of visitors to the winter event in the ...

The government named on Tuesday new ambassadors to Bolivia, Cyprus, East Timor, Iceland and UNESCO, effective Wednesday. Osamu Hokida, 63, will become the top envoy to Bolivia after serving as the consul general in Leon, Mexico for a little more than two years. His previous ...

The government is urging people to remain calm amid the ongoing outbreak of 2019-nCoV, the new coronavirus that originated in China, and resist a growing number of social media rumors containing false information and abusive comments related to the illness. A number of baseless claims ...

Japanese department store operators saw duty free sales slump during the key Lunar New Year holiday, one of the first indications of how hard the nation's retail sector will be hit by the coronavirus outbreak in China. Takashimaya Co.'s duty free sales during the weeklong ...

Forget about clinging to hopes that China, the world's largest car market, will recover from its unprecedented two-year slump anytime soon. Expectations were already bleak as the year began, with IHS Markit predicting a 10 percent drop in first quarter production. Now, the influential research ...

When a fifth of the people living in the city of Wakayama faced a three-day water stoppage last month to fix a 60-year-old pipe network, they rushed to get ready, only to learn that the repairs could be made without a shutdown. Some 3,000 complaints ...

Add a gun that can't shoot straight to the problems dogging Lockheed Martin Corp.'s $428 billion F-35 program, including more than 800 software flaws. The 25 mm gun on U.S. Air Force models of the Joint Strike Fighter has "unacceptable" accuracy in hitting ground targets ...

Tesla Inc.'s stock surged 20 percent on Monday in its largest one-day gain since 2013, fueled by a quarterly profit at Panasonic's battery business with the U.S. carmaker and an investor report predicting its shares would rise more than ten-fold by 2024. Shares of Tesla ...

The United Arab Emirates, a major international transit hub, on Monday suspended flights to and from China, except for Beijing, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China. It was not immediately clear if the UAE suspension, which cuts most air links with one ...

Police have cordoned off one of the busiest areas of central London after what's thought to be an unexploded World War II bomb was dug up at a construction site. The Metropolitan Police force said "suspected World War II ordnance" was uncovered in Dean Street ...

YouTube said Monday it would remove election-related videos that are "manipulated or doctored" to mislead voters, as part of its efforts to stem online misinformation. The Google-owned video service said it was taking the measures as part of an effort to be a "more reliable ...

A new study on meat consumption has found that people who eat red and processed meat have higher risks of heart disease and early death — contradicting recent research that suggested cutting out meat has few health benefits. The multiple findings can make it "difficult ...

Britain and the European Union set out clashing opening gambits Monday on striking a trade deal, making it clear that each side is willing to walk away without an agreement rather than compromise on key issues. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a bravado-filled salvo ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday he wanted to overhaul the automatic early release of terror convicts after a stabbing attack in London claimed by Islamic State. Sudesh Amman, 20, who was wearing a fake suicide vest, was shot dead by undercover armed police ...

Days after Gulf Arab states expressed their support for President Donald Trump's efforts at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, representatives from these same countries and other Muslim nations gathered in Saudi Arabia and rejected the White House's plan as "biased." Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal ...

Turkey hit targets in northern Syria, responding to shelling by Syrian government forces that killed at least eight Turkish soldiers and civilian contractors, Turkey's president said Monday. A Syrian war monitor said 13 Syrian troops were also killed. Syrian activists said airstrikes in the country's ...

China opened a new hospital built in 10 days, infused cash into tumbling financial markets and further restricted people's movement in sweeping new steps Monday to contain a rapidly spreading virus and its escalating impact. Japanese officials were deciding whether to quarantine more than 3,000 ...

Japan and the U.S. could have the first security partnership that operates in space.

The U.S. president goes into his reelection campaign stronger than ever thanks to the Democrats' poor timing.

The particle "hazu" basically translates as "should" in English, but can sometimes be rendered as "no wonder."

A Kyodo article looks at the number of nations taking part in the Tokyo Paralympics this summer.

Michiyo Azusa, known for singing "Konnichiwa Akachan" ("Hello Baby") among other hits, has died. She was 76. Azusa, whose real name is Michiyo Hayashi, was found dead when her manager visited her home Wednesday, according to her management office. She made her debut after graduating from ...

The San Francisco 49ers' remarkable turnaround ended up just a few minutes shy of a Super Bowl title. After becoming only the third team to go to the Super Bowl a year after winning four or fewer games, the 49ers stumbled at the end and ...

The head of the French skating federation has been asked to resign by the country's sports minister after she grilled him over a string of accusations of sexual abuse and rape against a coach of underage skaters. Federation head Didier Gailhaguet was not directly targeted ...

The Japan Sumo Association is putting its considerable weight behind the 2020 Tokyo Games as it looks to use the international extravaganza to promote the country's national sport. On Tuesday at the famed Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, the JSA formally announced plans for Grand Sumo, ...

When it comes to the Premier League's greatest underdog tale, nothing can top Leicester winning the championship at odds of 5,000-1 in the 2015-16 season. There's another unlikely story brewing, however. Another "how are they doing this?" run that shows no sign of ending. It could ...

The entire board of the Russian Athletics Federation resigned on Monday as Russia faces another ban from Olympic track and field. The federation, known as RusAF, said the board stepped down after a meeting with new Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin, citing its failure to ...

Yuzuru Hanyu's bid to recapture the world title he last won in 2017 meant turning back the clock and being himself, one of his coaches, Ghislain Briand, said Monday ahead of this week's Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. After runner-up finishes at the Grand Prix ...

It took the Chiefs five full decades to bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy back to Kansas City. They don't intend to wait that long again. With confetti still swirling and their thrilling Super Bowl triumph over the San Francisco 49ers mere minutes old, most of the ...

Vernon Davis announced his retirement after 14 NFL seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos and Washington Redskins that included winning a Super Bowl title. The 36-year-old said Monday he decided to retire because of the wear and tear on his body. Davis said ...

Brian Elliott made 16 saves for his 40th career shutout in the Philadelphia Flyers' 3-0 win over the sinking Detroit Red Wings on Monday night. It was the Red Wings' ninth consecutive loss (0-8-1), and the second straight time they've been shut out. This is ...

Washington Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura returned to action after missing 23 games and scored 11 points in 26 minutes in Monday night's 125-117 loss to the Golden State Warriors. The 21-year-old, the first player from Japan to be taken in the first round of ...

A massive memorial created by the public outside Staples Center after the death of former Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was being dismantled Monday, with an official saying some of the items would go to Bryant's widow and other family members. The cleanup of flowers, balloons, ...

The Canadian Football League's global scouting team came away "very, very impressed" by the performances of the athletes who participated in the Japanese stop of the CFL Global Combine over the weekend. The CFL hosted the combine after the professional league and the X League, ...