Suicides among elementary, junior high and high school students increased by 98 to a record 415, 12 of which were due to bullying, the education ministry said.

Some 83 aid workers, a quarter of them employed by the WHO, were found to have been involved in sexual exploitation and abuse during the country's Ebola epidemic from 2018 to 2020.

The idea for the fund came after companies in the nation lagged behind foreign rivals in the development of COVID-19 vaccines.

The attempt to remove the sculpture was the latest move to suppress dissent in Hong Kong, where dozens of prominent activists have been prosecuted under the new national security law.

In order to promote electric vehicles, it is essential to have the necessary infrastructure in place.

Like his two immediate predecessors, the prime minister is expected to make a ritual masakaki tree offering during the two-day event.

Ordinarily used to dispense small toys, the airline has turned to the capsules to boost a tourism sector still in the doldrums even with the end of Japan's fifth COVID-19 wave.

The largest opposition party said it would stand for rights like supporting same-sex marriage and different surnames for couples, marking out differences with the conservative ruling LDP.

Five Afghans speak about the sudden end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, and the uncertainty that lies ahead.

Last week it was reported that China has been releasing Australian coal from bonded storage but hasn't lifted an almost yearlong, unofficial import ban on the fuel.

Current border restrictions — set to expire on Oct. 21 — will be extended until the new two-phase approach can be implemented.

The average price for regular gasoline stood at ¥162.10 ($1.4) per liter as of Monday, up ¥2.10 from Oct. 4.

The capital reported 72 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, down by 77 from a week before.

Taiwan says it is an independent country called the Republic of China, its formal name, and will defend its freedom and democracy.

The prime minister said that the government will actively back research and development of Japan-made oral COVID-19 treatments.

The government is planning to launch training programs to help people volunteering in disaster-hit areas acquire skills for supporting affected residents.

Everything from dose intervals to the behavior of unvaccinated people has shaped the outcome of recent delta-driven waves in different countries.

The Cabinet Office said that machinery orders, seen as a leading indicator of corporate capital spending, were showing "signs of stalling in their recovery" in August.

Investment in green energy lags what’s needed to keep the planet from warming significantly, while fossil fuel spending also fails to cater for currently growing demand.

Outside of China, politicians and human rights groups have been pushing the companies to use their platform to condemn Beijing’s treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

The new model is said to improve fuel efficiency by around 20% as compared to light jets and more than 40% compared to midsize jets.

The European Union opened the talks by pledging €1 billion for urgent humanitarian needs and Afghanistan's neighbors who are taking in Afghans fleeing the Taliban.

The development reveals a shift in the balance of power from the government to the LDP, the reverse of what happened during the tenures of the prime minister's immediate predecessors.

Global manufacturing activity has been slammed by supply and demand mismatches of key market infrastructure such as semiconductor shortages.

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese Communist Party and two other groups have pursued unified policies and candidates, but tensions remain in some areas.

Two speeches from China’s top leaders, delivered days apart, have revealed that Beijing plans to continue supporting fossil fuels even as it invests in renewable energy.

Last month China’s top court effectively granted consumers the right to sue Apple for alleged abuse of market power, threatening the delicate balance the firm has cultivated in the country.

The additional $20 billion in financing support will provide support for climate mitigation efforts including low-carbon energy sources.

A 19-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a girl the previous day in a house in Kofu, west of Tokyo, shortly before the house burned down in a suspected arson incident that killed two people presumed to be the girl's parents.

As for Japan, the IMF attributed the downward revision for 2021 to the impact of the latest COVID-19 state of emergency.

The launch represents another crucial test of Blue Origin's technology as the company competes against billionaire-backed rivals.

Beyond compromising freedom of navigation in a crucial region, a Chinese takeover of Taiwan would upend the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.

China’s AI isn’t so much a tool of world domination as a narrowly deployed means of domestic control.

The rate of income improvement historically has been about 2% per year. That means that our great-grandchildren in 2100 will be over four times better off than we are today.

If China is at all serious about cutting down its debt, it will have to relent and do something dramatic. Maybe even bail out Evergrande.

With his tactics coming under fire after Thursday’s loss in Saudi Arabia, Moriyasu couldn’t have hoped for a better series of developments to shift the narrative on Tuesday in Saitama.

For the first time in his pro career, the brakes came off a fit Shohei Ohtani in 2021, and the Los Angeles Angels' star showed the world his prowess as a two-way player.

Despite the one-goal loss, Seattle sent a message to the rest of the NHL that it expects to be competitive in its first season.

The Astros will face the Red Sox in the ALCS, a rematch of the 2018 series in which Houston lost in five games.

Gruden resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after it was reported that he used misogynistic and homophobic language in numerous emails over a seven-year period.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA is conducting a feasibility study into the practicalities of staging a World Cup every two years, a move that has been met with fierce criticism.

Rights groups have called on the IOC to postpone next year's Games and relocate the event unless China ends what the United States deems ongoing genocide against Uyghurs.

The tennis star expects unvaccinated players to compete at the Australian Open but says he would support moves by local authorities to impose stricter conditions on them.

The barring of Irving complicates what looked like a surefire path to the finals for the Nets and could set up a battle with the players’ union.

Denmark became the second European nation to reach the 2022 World Cup after building an unassailable seven-point lead over second-placed Scotland in qualifying Group F.

The eighth-inning blast kept the Buffaloes on top of the Pacific League as they continued to chase the franchise's first pennant since the Orix BlueWave reached the Japan Series in 1996.