The company now makes the data it collects on U.S. customers available upon request failing to defeat a measure requiring such disclosures.

The government also plans subsidies for businesses launching takeout food services to meet the growing demand during the pandemic.

The plant would be the latest in a string of announcements by major automakers preparing to pivot toward full electrification.

According to the verdict, the man sold 2,700 copies of the software racking up around ¥31.7 million in sales.

Concerns about China's fusion of military and civilian technology have grown in recent years.

If following the guidelines, kids between 6 and 11 can ride the Nozomi super-express for free for a limited time.

Moscow doesn't recognize the zone, while Beijing said that all countries should have freedom of movement there.

While the stimulus package covers a range of policies and includes help for a battered health care system, many economists have raised doubts over whether it will shore up the economy.

No new deaths were reported among COVID-19 patients in the Japanese capital.

Full attendance at venues will be allowed under certain conditions, including putting a system in place to check whether visitors have been vaccinated or have tested negative for COVID-19.

Whether or not to cooperate with the Japanese Communist Party will be a top issue for the next leader of the nation's top opposition party.

Lawmakers backing constitutional amendments now account for more than two-thirds of the seats in the Lower House.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and her Japanese counterpart, Takeo Mori, underscored the importance of trilateral cooperation involving South Korea.

Gen Nakatani acknowledged concerns related to China and elsewhere, and said Japan will back international efforts on the issue together with like-minded countries.

On Saturday, Yohei Sasakawa held a meeting with Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the top commander of the armed forces. Two days later, the journalist was free.

JAXA plans to select a few candidates by February 2023 to take part in the Artemis international lunar exploration project, potentially making them the first Japanese to land on the moon.

Pressure has been growing to hold China accountable for human rights abuses.

One way to pressure Iran to rejoin the original pact or accept another arrangement would be to persuade Beijing and Moscow that Tehran, not Washington, is the obstacle, diplomats said.

The move marks the biggest step back by the prime minister since he assumed power in 2014.

"The strategy here seems like not only a response to the alleged rebuffing of the presidential requests, but also a deliberate threat," one analyst said.

"There is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory," the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.

Mizuho Financial Group, one of Japan's major banking groups, seeks to recover public trust by management taking responsibility through Sakai's resignation.

Low prices are discouraging foreign firms from seeking approval for new drugs in the country, the leader of the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said.

City leaders have struggled to find a tracking system that both convinces Beijing to the unlock the border and avoids triggering a public backlash.

Soaring commodity prices amid supply chain bottlenecks and a weaker yen are squeezing many Japanese businesses, which are facing the strongest cost pressure in four decades.

In their first telephone talks, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, were at odds over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands and human rights.

The amount — the most for defense in a supplementary budget — would dwarf the ¥430 billion earmarked in an extra budget in fiscal 2019.

The report will revive the debate over whether the pandemic started with a spillover from wildlife sold at the market, a leak from a Wuhan virology lab or some other way.

Estimates suggest insured losses will far exceed the CA$3.6 billion caused by wildfires that hit Alberta's oil-producing region of Fort McMurray in 2016.

Brazil's space research agency, INPE, recorded 13,235 square kilometers of deforestation in the world's largest rainforest, an area nearly 17 times the size of New York City.

The Polish border force confirmed the evacuation of the camp, which had been set up in a wooded area not far from the border post of Brouzgui.

While such crimes are rare in Japan, the copycat nature of the most recent attack has led to calls for further safety measures on trains and other public transportation.

The final COP26 agreement is a disappointment and was considerably diminished from drafts circulated only days before.

Japan has been traumatized from the humiliating experience of the 1972 Nixon-China visit and has since fretted about Washington’s intentions regarding Beijing.

To get Trump and his cultists to change their stripes, Murdoch could stop allowing some of Fox’s most influential anchors and broadcasters to spew poisonous talking points.

With news about train-related crime appearing in broadcasts, we look at the basic structure of talking about victims and perpetrators.

According to NHK’s official site, this year’s theme is “Colorful” to represent the program’s mission to bring “color” to the lives of people during COVID-19 and highlight Japan’s diversity.

For the better part of a 10-year career, the performer's aesthetic defined Japan's pop culture. Her latest album, “Candy Racer,” marks a fresh start.

There was only one team in NPB with a worse record over the past two seasons combined than the Orix Buffaloes: the Yakult Swallows. Now they'll square off for a championship.

After upending the football establishment by winning the right to host the World Cup, Qatar's preparations are heading into overdrive.

Former Tennis doubles world number one Peng Shuai has not been seen or heard from publicly since Nov 2.

Fans are facing the prospect of no Cristiano Ronaldo in Qatar next winter, and Italy's Azzurri squad could miss out for the second straight World Cup for the first time in their history.

Peng Shuai’s case is the first #MeToo accusation leveled against someone within the highest ranks of power in China.

World number two Daniil Medvedev struggled past Jannik Sinner to also punch his ticket to the semi-finals.

Messages were uncovered in which Rafiq is seen to make disparaging comments about an unnamed Jewish person.

Ohtani becomes the first Japanese player to win an MVP award since Ichiro Suzuki in 2001