The United States has proposed holding the summit in the third week of January and is coordinating the date with ASEAN members.

Moderna's chief medical officer says the company should know about the ability of the current vaccine to provide protection in the next couple of weeks.

Yamauchi denied the embezzlement allegations, saying that the money in question was borrowed from a joint venture and that he planned to return it after making a profit.

The security talks will be the first involving the defense and foreign ministers from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet, which was launched in October.

The Cabinet Office is expected to announce the recognition of the end of the economic downturn after a panel of experts advising the agency meets on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Kishida, whose faction is the fifth largest with 42 members, attended the group's meetings on Nov. 11 and Thursday

The 'Ndrangheta is in the crosshairs of the "maxi-trial" against 355 defendants held in the poor southern region of Calabria, the group's home turf.

Two years ago, thousands of people in Vibo Valentia took to the streets to celebrate a massive police sweep that netted hundreds of alleged mafia members. Progress since then has been slow.

More than ¥1.7 billion was spent in procuring the uniforms, with Japan preparing for at least 48,000 volunteers.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said the hospital bed occupancy rate as of Saturday was just 0.9% amid the recent precipitous fall in COVID-19 cases.

The vehicles will run on a 50-kilometer course connecting the town of Kaiyo in Tokushima Prefecture and the city of Muroto in Kochi Prefecture, of which 10 km will be on a railway track.

Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia will be added to the list of countries subjected to tightened border controls following the discovery of the omicron variant.

The central government was aware of the weak seabed at the planned Futenma relocation site in 2015, three years before work got underway.

Police captured a North Korean convict who staged a daring escape from a Chinese prison in October and had been on the run for more than forty days, authorities said.

Nippon Ishin no Kai, which saw its seat count nearly quadruple in the Lower House election, decided to keep Ichiro Matsui on as leader after deciding not to hold a presidential election

China could face more than 630,000 COVID-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs, according to a study by Peking University mathematicians.

The verdict, expected Tuesday, will be the first in a slew of judgments to be handed down in a military court that could imprison her for decades.

Despite local optimism, some Laos watchers are concerned about the long-term viability of a $6 billion Chinese-built railway line that opens in the Southeast Asian nation this week.

The glitches were caused by a reduction in the number of related personnel, which ultimately weakened Mizuho's ability to operate and manage its banking system.

Johnson has been hosting weekly drinks and canapes for Tory MPs, divided into groups according to the years they entered Parliament, to try to soothe nerves.

The governor of Brazil’s richest and most populous state was picked by the Brazilian Social Democracy Party as its candidate for next year’s election challenging President Jair Bolsonaro.

Biden's summit comes at a challenging time for democracy. The global monitoring organization Freedom House called this year’s report on the state of global freedom “Democracy Under Siege.”

The subject of long COVID has also been divisive, with social media full of both support groups and skeptics.

The country has pushed ahead with electric vehicles and renewable energy, leaving others struggling to catch up.

Finding herself in a part of Japan where there weren't so many foreign women, Jayne Nakata decided to reach out through podcasting.

Temples and shrines offer a closeness with nature that can provide spiritual comfort to those who are far from their own religious communities.

Kyoto, which joined the J. League in 1996, rediscovered its winning ways under first-year manager Cho Kwi-jae, who led Shonan Bellmare to promotion three times between 2012 and 2017.

After winning his maiden meet at yokozuna in September, Terunofuji is the first wrestler since 32-time champion Taiho in 1962 to win in his first two tournaments as a grand champion.

With jockey Yuichi Fukunaga aboard, colt made one big late sprint down the middle of the 2,400 meters over turf at Tokyo Racecourse in the event featuring three overseas challengers.

The team's longtime catcher expertly led his pitching staff across six neck-and-neck games against the Buffaloes to complete Yakult's reversal from cellar-dweller to champion.

In 10 games since Tomiyasu's arrival, Mikel Arteta's side has won seven and drawn two with their only defeat coming last weekend away to Liverpool.

Ito faced Wang Yidi for a place in the semifinals, but the Tokyo Olympic singles bronze medalist managed to win only one of five games.

Russia's Kamila Valieva won the Cup of Russia on Saturday by beating her own free skate and combined total score world records a day after smashing the world record in the short program. The 15-year-old reinforced her status as a gold-medal favorite for next year's ...

Belenenses was forced to start against Benfica with nine players after its team was hit by a COVID-19 outbreak and league officials would not allow the fixture to be postponed.

The move was taken by cricket's governing body after the spread of the new Omicron variant resulted in tightened border controls targeting qualifier host Zimbabwe and its neighbors.

The investigation is looking into whether senior managers at the club gave false communications to investors and issued invoices for non-existent transactions.

McGregor's competitive future was in doubt after he suffered a broken leg during a trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier, but the Irishman fully expects to resume his career in 2022.