The move has been characterized as "getting ready for the possible storm" by officials, The Wall Street Journal said in a report.

The move has been more than 10 years in the making, with the European Union executive touting environmental benefits and savings for users.

The disastrous mix of floods, drought and intense downpours could be a glimpse of a potentially dire future.

Preparations have begun to administer additional shots to health care workers and older people, but debate still swirls around how extra doses should be given and when.

The university will open the Waseda International House of Literature, also known as the Murakami Haruki Library, on Oct. 1 at its campus in Tokyo.

The daily figure in the capital marked the 32nd straight day of week-on-week decline.

The Japanese leader’s trip to the U.S. will be the swansong of his one-year premiership

The original 12-member agreement was seen as an important economic counterweight to China's growing influence.

Analysts say the two superpowers' funding pledges to tackle planetary warming lacked detail and far more is needed to meet global goals.

Record prices for palm, and new government promises of payouts even if prices slump, are driving an effort to boost output in India.

Those subject to JR East's tracking included released prisoners and parolees who had committed serious crimes at the company's stations and inside its trains.

According to the sources, a draft of a joint leaders' statement uses tougher language than before regarding the situation in the waters where China is stepping up its territorial claims.

Child care issues have driven a workforce gender gap for decades. The pandemic has made it undeniably worse.

Party lawmakers are worried that the public may be disappointed if a candidate who garners many votes from rank-and-file members in the first round is defeated later.

In the survey, 51% of Japanese respondents said they have never interacted with such people.

Behind in polls just days before Sunday's vote, Angela Merkel's would-be successor is warning that Social Democrats, if victorious, would let the far-left into power.

The discussion extended to issues such as securing supply chains, said a spokesperson from the U.S. State Department.

A dire forecast from AlixPartners says global automakers will build 7.7 million fewer vehicles due to the chip crisis this year.

Some companies, including steel producers and fertilizer manufacturers have had to suspend or reduce production in Europe and Asia as a result of spiking energy prices.

Komuro is expected to meet the 29-year-old princess, eldest daughter of the crown prince and princess, and prepare for a news conference after COVID-19 quarantine.

Companies find themselves criticized by U.S. and European NGOs and investors if they use the material, but may be forced out of the Chinese market if they stop using it.

Documentary-maker Takanori Tezuka says the era's blind faith in authority is a trait still seen in Japanese society today.

Indebted property giant China Evergrande Group will make it a top priority to help wealth investors redeem their products, its chairman has said.

Japanese ministers with responsibilities related to the CPTPP did not make similarly welcoming remarks when Beijing applied to join the regional framework on Sept. 16.

Health experts say the planned donations are welcome but insufficient, and that the Pfizer vaccine is difficult to administer in poorer countries that lack sophisticated infrastructure.

While less broad than some had hoped, the authorization leaves the door open for the FDA to consider broader use of boosters, including in younger adults.

The White House also acknowledged it erred in brokering a deal for Australia to buy U.S. instead of French submarines without consulting Paris.

The Probable Futures initiative hopes its interactive maps showing how fast the Earth could heat will lead citizens and countries to ask questions about climate change.

European carmakers are in discussions with Australian rare earths explorer Arafura Resources Ltd. about sourcing elements that help power electric cars from outside China.

The closely-watched announcement left policy unchanged for now, but new forecasts from central bankers show they expect the first interest rate increase next year.

The pledge, made at a virtual summit on the pandemic hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, brings Japan's total commitments to 60 million doses.

According to the plaintiffs' lawyer, the ruling was the first by a Japanese court to find that the deportation of a foreign national had violated their constitutional rights.

Dictators maintain their positions by controlling as many aspects of life in the country as they can, including defining exactly how people should behave.

Even if India achieves its Paris accord targets and adopts measures to help keep global warming to 1.5 C, its carbon emissions in 2030 could still be about 90% higher than in 2015.

CEO Jack Dorsey vowed that Twitter was on a new course, headed for rapid-fire innovation and game-changing product rollouts. Still, nothing much has changed.

A fertile creative force, he wrote fiction and musicals but is best known for a breakthrough movie that heralded the genre known as blaxploitation.

Hayato Kawai’s lightweight comedy imagines Japan getting its first female prime minister, but reality may have already caught up.

Arata Furuta delivers a deftly layered performance as a father reeling from the death of his daughter in Keisuke Yoshida’s nuanced and compassionate drama.

The film 'Minamata,' which Johnny Depp produced and stars in, spreads awareness on the act of industrial pollution that devastated the southwestern Japanese coastal community of Minamata.

The loss prevented Terunofuji from taking a two-win lead with three days remaining in the 15-day event at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Nick Martinez threw seven scoreless innings in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' 5-0 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Thursday afternoon for their second straight win over the Pacific League leaders. The Hawks, who have won the last four Japan Series, are fourth, seven games ...

"We can't just have the world being excited and celebrating people with disabilities only at the Paralympic Games," said Stephanie Dixon.

Komusubi Takayasu pulled out of the ongoing Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament due to a right hip injury on Thursday, meaning he will forfeit his bout on Day 12 and will take a losing record from the 15-day meet. The 31-year-old wrestler, who represents the Tagonoura ...

If you want to get on the right side of Wisconsin locals you can do two things -- dress like you are a Green Bay Packers supporter and wear a giant slice of foam cheese on your head.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his club must eliminate the "pedestrian" starts from its game after an early goal from West Ham United's Manuel Lanzini knocked United out of the League Cup in the third round on Wednesday. Solskjaer made 11 changes to ...

Shohei Ohtani will pitch against the Seattle Mariners this weekend, the Los Angeles Angels said Wednesday, giving him another opportunity to earn his 10th win of the season and achieve a feat not seen in 103 years. If Ohtani, who on Tuesday hit his 45th ...