Students in 14 teams from colleges across the country were tasked this year with developing robots to remove fuel debris, organizers said.

Sales of e-books and print books and magazines totaled ¥1.62 trillion last year, up 4.8% from the previous year.

Negotiating cows, debris, thick fog and hairpin bends, and fighting fatigue, Porija drove nearly 24 hours within three days to collect and deliver shots to the town of Koraput.

In 2020, cheap money, gushing in from the world’s major central banks, inflated assets and reshaped how we save, invest and spend.

Among the most important national security issues now facing U.S. President Joe Biden is how to contend with the threat that China poses to the American military in space.

Areas interested in submitting proposals now have a clear schedule of when they can do so, and a better understanding of what they can and can’t do during the selection process.

Although the plan has been suspended due to the impasse over the relocation of a U.S. air base in the prefecture, the GSDF hasn't given up on the idea, sources say.

The Indian military played down the latest skirmish as a "minor face-off" at Naku La pass, which connects Sikkim state with Tibet on the Chinese side.

Widening the band, or clarifying the BOJ's intention to let market forces drive yield moves more, would help bring life back to a market numbed by years of heavy-handed intervention.

Support for the prime minister's Cabinet has dropped from 39% last month to 33%, with disapproval rising 10 percentage points to 45%, according to a poll by the Asahi newspaper.

With the number of virus cases rising sharply since November, health centers and hospitals have been strained, with some patients dying at home.

The meeting was held at a time of growing concern over the economy as the U.S. dollar fell to the lower ¥82 range in September 2010.

Japan has arranged to buy 314 million doses, but problems seen in vaccine rollouts elsewhere have stirred doubt that Japan will get those supplies on time.

He will become an adviser to SBIA, SoftBank Group Corp.’s investment arm, according to sources.

Taro Kono, the minister in charge of vaccination efforts, said the event would take place in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.

The U.K. has defended its decision to delay second doses of vaccines as the best way to combat the coronavirus, as more countries adopt a similar strategy in a race against rising cases and deadlier strains. In an interview on Sky News, U.K. Health Secretary ...

Shipments were up 1.0% from the previous year, with more people teleworking and many spending much of a ¥100,000 cash handout from the government on home appliances.

Opinions are divided among residents, with some bereaved families saying they cannot bear the sight of the building.

The tightly scripted attack on Navalny underlined how the opposition leader’s dramatic return to Russia and his arrest have changed the landscape of Russian politics.

Support for the country's leader has fallen by the largest amount since the beginning of his government in 2019, according to one poll.

"We stand to witness the greatest rise in inequality since records began," says the charity, calling for higher wealth taxes and stronger protections for workers.

Russians appreciate and respect power plays. Both Navalny and Putin know it. And for both, a lot is at stake.

In many nations, the threat of sedition prosecutions has been used to criminalize dissent — to intimidate, and even imprison people who object to what the government is doing.

Liberals around the world are daring to hope that there is a silver lining to the violent denouement of Donald Trump’s presidency: namely, that the inciter-in-chief’s ignominious exit from the political stage will chasten authoritarian populists elsewhere. Unfortunately, their optimism is naive. Contrary to the ...

The season of new employees is fast approaching, here are some last-minute things to ask yourself before making a big career change.

Stromboli, an adorable Shih Tzu, was well past puppyhood when he was first featured in Adopt Me! in September 2019. He was, nonetheless, able to beat the odds when he met Jack Tarrant and his wife, Allison Schmidt. New buds: Stromboli and Allison Schmidt have ...

Akito Watabe on Sunday claimed his first individual Nordic combined skiing World Cup victory of the season, and 19th overall, to tie the all-time record for wins on the circuit by a Japanese skier. With his win in Lahti, Finland, the two-time Olympic silver medalist ...

Nippon Professional Baseball and the J. League want teams to focus on making sure players and staff members don’t become infected with COVID-19 during training camps.

A tenacious pusher and thruster, Daieisho is set to be promoted back to sumo's third-highest rank of sekiwake, which he previously held for just a single tournament in September.

Since the beginning of the season, the Kansas City Chiefs have had one goal they turned into a catchphrase after winning last year's Super Bowl: Run it back. Patrick Mahomes got to state that objective again Sunday after the Chiefs repeated as AFC champions by ...

Manchester United added to Liverpool's current woes with a 3-2 win, thanks to a free kick by Bruno Fernandes in a blockbuster fourth-round F.A. Cup clash at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Portuguese, on as a substitute, stepped up to bend a right-footed strike past ...

Japan captain Maya Yoshida netted his first goal in the Italian top flight Sunday to help Sampdoria defeat relegation-threatened Parma 2-0. The 32-year-old center back, who moved from English Premier League side Southampton midway through last season, capitalized on a defensive lapse to score the ...

The stance is a marked departure from the 30-year-old Rio de Janeiro Olympic champion's opinion 10 months earlier.

Brady passed for three touchdowns and reached the Super Bowl for the 10th time in his career.