According to the Tobacco Institute of Japan, sales of cigarettes in fiscal 2020, which ended last March, dropped 11.8% from the previous year to ¥2.47 trillion.

Moderna said it was now expecting sales of between $15 billion and $18 billion from $20 billion estimated previously.

The Kobe District Court has found a 30-year-old man not guilty by reason of insanity of killing three people and injuring two others in Kobe in July 2017.

At present, Japan completely depends on imports for its coronavirus vaccine supply.

Wright plans to build a fleet of converted planes, which will have a range of about one hour or 460 miles.

Nintendo lowered its annual sales target for its Switch console as a worldwide chip shortage continues to affect many industries, including video games.

Once chief of staff for former President Barack Obama, Emanuel has some Republican support but some Democratic progressives oppose.

Satellite imagery suggests the country's current facilities for extracting the nuclear fuel are running below capacity, according to a new academic study.

The choice of Motegi as secretary-general underscores Kishida's desire to stabilize his power base within the party, as the appointee is close to LDP power brokers Shinzo Abe and Taro Aso.

The report said Beijing could possess up to 700 nuclear warheads by 2027, when the country's military marks its 100th anniversary.

A supplementary budget, personnel changes and next year's Upper House election are set to hold the prime minister's attention in the coming months.

A survey by the National Center for Child Health and Development found 28 males and 230 females under the age of 20 were newly diagnosed with the eating disorder in fiscal 2020.

The four parties in the bloc now have 345 seats in the Lower House, up from their combined pre-election strength of 324 seats.

The device, installed at a store inside a government ministry building in the Kasumigaseki district of Tokyo, restocks products by predicting sales based on the time and season.

Chinese companies have typically made only small inroads into overseas markets, but they now plan to invest in factories abroad.

The automaker’s shares jumped as much as 2.5% after it said it will buy back ¥150 billion ($1.3 billion) worth of its own shares.

The country’s National Assembly approved a new law in late summer that mandated that mobile app store operators open up their platforms to outside payment handlers.

The French leader's efforts inviting investors every year to the Elysee Palace, organizing tech summits in Versailles and implementing reforms are starting to pay off.

The city’s monetary authority is currently studying the feasibility of retail digital cash, and one of the design options laid out in a technical white paper looks promising.

The pipeline might not be approved until May if regulators use all the time they’re allowed.

Tony Chung, 20, faces up to seven years in prison, after reportedly admitting seeking to separate Hong Kong from mainland China between July and October 2020.

The Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate is a formidable rival to Afghanistan's new regime, with stark differences in beliefs and tactics.

BMW has navigated turmoil from chip shortages better than others, and in late September went against the tide and raised profit expectations.

The prime minister appointed Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's No. 2 post of secretary-general on Thursday morning.

Bowing to U.S. pressure and opening the taps would keep Saudi Arabia’s closest ally onside, at the expense of the hard-won crude price recovery that has swelled the kingdom’s coffers.

Greenpeace gave the firm an "F minus minus" grade for decarbonization efforts including phasing out engines that burn fossil fuels in favor of electric vehicles.

The U.K. has corralled about 20 nations to back a pledge to stop supporting foreign fossil fuel projects, but China and Japan aren't among them, sources say.

The COP26 climate summit is the perfect chance to showcase the health challenges caused by global warming.

Though the LDP maintained a stable majority, Osaka-based Nippon Ishin no Kai was the biggest winner in the election, securing 41 seats — 31 more than its previous 10.

If the best that other Democrats can do is accuse Joe Manchin of being "the new Mitch McConnell,” they may as well give up.

Japan and other nations have greeted the alliance’s formation with caution, and at present the true scope of the group remains unclear.

Naoto Kataoka of pop group Exile takes on his first leading role in Sabu’s ghostly rom-com/actioner, but the film’s mix of genre elements doesn’t quite gel.

Tetsu Maeda’s melodrama about abandoned children and questionable parenting may bring on the waterworks, but the film’s underlying message doesn’t inspire much hope.

Hanyu has not declared his intent to defend his Olympic title in Beijing, and has instead spoken of his focus on perfecting the exceedingly difficult quad axel jump.

Liverpool and Ajax maintained perfect records in the Champions League this season to qualify for the last 16 on Wednesday, while a Paris Saint-Germain side missing Lionel Messi was held by RB Leipzig. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool blew away Atletico Madrid in a whirlwind start at ...

Kaoru Mitoma and Reo Hatate were called up to the national team for the first time on Thursday.

Rodgers will sit out the game against the Chiefs because he is unvaccinated, which means he's sidelined for 10 days as a result of the positive test.

Former world No.1 tennis doubles player Peng Shuai, one of China's biggest sports stars, has publicly accused a former Chinese vice premier of forcing her into sex several years ago in a social media post that was later deleted. According to a screenshot of her ...

Ruggs rammed into another car on a Las Vegas street, killing a woman and her dog.

The 30-year-old had a contract that included both the player option and a series of four one-year team options from 2022 to 2025 valued at $66 million.