It is the 34th paper related to goby fish by the Emperor Emeritus and the first since he abdicated in 2019.

Looking ahead, the Cabinet Office said the economy is expected to continue picking up as the government promotes its vaccine rollout.

What’s now critical to Panasonic’s future growth is its relationship with the world’s biggest maker of electric cars and ability to claim a share of the global market for EV batteries.

Organizers of an art exhibition in Tokyo featuring a statue symbolizing "comfort women" who suffered under Japan’s military brothel system before and during World War II decided Thursday to postpone the upcoming event due to disruptions caused by protestors in vehicles using loudspeakers. The exhibition, ...

Amid scandal, a shareholders meeting on Friday is set to be a showdown between Toshiba’s board, who are pushing to retain Chairman Osamu Nagayama, and investors who want him out.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to hold a series of bilateral talks with foreign leaders who visit the country for the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

Scientists fear the delta variant could soon overtake all other strains and trigger a surge of cases, which could then spread to neighboring prefectures and across the country.

"His majesty is very worried about the current infection situation of the COVID-19 disease," Yasuhiko Nishimura, grand steward of the agency, said at a news conference.

The capital's daily infection tally averaged 439.6 in the week to Thursday, compared with 386.4 the previous week.

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A judge said the doctors "violated" their duty of care by prescribing high amounts of a sedative for a long time without careful consideration.

The United States and its Pacific allies have concerns that cables laid by China could compromise regional security.

It’s the first time in six months that demonstrators descended on the Thai capital after two waves of COVID-19 outbreaks this year prevented any large gatherings.

The government hopes that the measures will help facilitate economic recovery and efforts to improve productivity.

With many people expected to tune into the games from their air-conditioned homes, utilities are forecasting tighter reserve power ratios than usual.

The number of workers' compensation-accepted mental illness cases increased by 99 from the previous year to 608 in the year that ended in March.

While the gain was due largely to the base effect of last year's slump, rising hotel and transportation fees showed a resumption of economic activity.

Officers adept at cyber and internet probes will work for the team, which will focus on serious cases, including those targeting administrative offices and core infrastructures.

Seemingly innocent-looking donation boxes have in fact been providing money for Jemaah Islamiyah, the group behind the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings.

Aquino, who served as the nation’s president from 2010 to 2016, was rushed to a hospital in Quezon City where he died after heart failure, the Manila Bulletin reported on Thursday.

Rising seas will likely spark mass migration and eventually force whole cities to be abandoned to the flood.

By prioritizing their own diplomatic and commercial interests, wealthy nations have in effect wrecked COVAX's ambition to take overall charge of the global fight against the pandemic.

Trade power tensions, regulatory hurdles and attempts by the West to counter Chinese competition are delaying the move.

The move is one of the Biden administration’s biggest steps yet to counter alleged human rights abuses against China’s ethnic Uyghur Muslim minority.

The closure of the popular tabloid marks the end of an era for media freedom in the Chinese-ruled city.

The optimists say the coming few weeks could be critical for both the Biden and Rouhani administrations to revive the nuclear deal.

Tokyo has historically walked a fine line between Beijing and Taipei, but recent tensions point to a need to re-evaluate its stance.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate passed a measure that would allot $10 billion over five years for NASA to develop two new lunar landers. Buried in a nearly $250 billion bill intended to boost innovation, the measure was equal to about 43% of ...

In today’s world, attempting to “contain and confront” those with different values or systems, rather than negotiating a new global compact that accommodates them, is a recipe for conflict.

In 2021, the performer launched Singing Cosplayer Hikari, a multiplatform project anchored by her YouTube channel, to harness the booming popularity of anime and Japanese music.

An orphaned genius travels to the future and back in Takahiro Miki’s treacly sci-fi, “The Door Into Summer,” based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein.

Satoko Yokohama’s drama, set in the director’s native Aomori Prefecture, features a troubled teen whose talent for playing the shamisen is hindered by grief.

"I don't really expect anything. I'm just more focusing on what I have to do with my game."

The league’s enhanced enforcement of foreign-substance usage by pitchers has made mandatory umpire checks a strange new sight in every game.

The Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes rode solo home runs from rookie Kotaro Kurebayashi, Olympic team member Masataka Yoshida and slugger Yutaro Sugimoto to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3-1 on Wednesday and win their 11th consecutive decision. The win streak is the franchise's longest ...

Strikers Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan were among 17 players from the 2019 Women's World Cup championship team named to the US women's soccer squad.

The game at Angel Stadium featured 14 pitchers and had a wild finish, with the eventual game-winning run scoring on a bases-loaded walk in the 13th inning.

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant will compete for a third Olympic title in Tokyo alongside a new group of NBA stars seeking gold, according to an ESPN report Wednesday. A story on the U.S.-based sports television network's website said Durant, whose team was eliminated by ...

New Zealand shed their bridesmaid's tag by claiming the inaugural World Test Championship title with an eight-wicket victory against India in a thrilling final on Wednesday. Beaten in the finals of the last two 50-overs World Cups, Kane Williamson's team became test cricket's first official ...