The government's draft budget for fiscal 2022, which starts in April, includes ¥6.5 billion in costs related to the development of railguns.

The suspect, a high school student from Nagoya who was not taking the exam, said he was not doing well with his studies and wanted to die, police said.

Both patients, a woman in Chiba and a man in Shizuoka, were elderly and had pre-existing conditions.

The surge continued in Tokyo as well, with the capital logging 4,561 new infections, while the nationwide total topped 25,000 for the first time since August.

Critics say a recent crackdown puts Cambodia on a growing list of countries that have embraced China’s authoritarian model of internet surveillance.

Suu Kyi is facing a raft of criminal and corruption charges and if convicted of all of them could face sentences tallying more than 100 years of prison time.

Since being forced acrimoniously from his post as Johnson’s most powerful adviser 14 months ago, Cummings has repeatedly resurfaced to throw dirt at his former boss.

The four Haijing ships entered Japanese waters southeast of the island of Kuba in the Senkaku chain between around 10 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. Saturday morning.

The exams, which come as the omicron coronavirus variant spreads rapidly across the country, are being held at 677 venues nationwide.

The launch of two “tactical guided missiles” Friday was conducted by the nuclear-armed country’s new railway-borne missile regiment, state-run media said Saturday.

As the U.S. and its allies struggle for a sense of Putin’s true intentions, their attention is turning to what might happen either alongside, or in place of, a full military attack.

A week of diplomacy by U.S. President Joe Biden failed to defuse tensions between Russia and Ukraine, but has maintained unity with European allies, foreign policy analysts say.

The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed records from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.

The haul marked a 40% increase from a year before, the report from blockchain research firm Chainalysis said.

The bipartisan legislation would force defense contractors to stop buying rare earths from China by 2026 and use the Pentagon to create a permanent stockpile of the strategic minerals.

The Pandemic Innovation Task Force is intended to help prepare the U.S. in case new versions of the virus surface, and for future biological threats beyond COVID-19.

The Biden administration praised the Kremlin for detaining members of the notorious REvil ransomware gang at the request of the U.S. in a sweeping operation across Russia.

Any interruptions to Russia's gas supply to Europe would exacerbate an energy crisis caused by a shortage of the fuel.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov voiced concern that Japan's status as an ally of the United States is proving to be an obstacle to bilateral relations between Tokyo and Moscow.

The talks — the first since 2019 — are expected to focus on China's assertive territorial claims in the East and South China seas and North Korea's nuclear and missile development.

The move comes after research showed the incubation period for the omicron variant is around three days, shorter than those of other variants.

Bunny Ranga Khus attended the prestigious Cordon Bleu culinary school in France. After working in Europe, he decided to follow an interest in Japanese food and arrived in Osaka.

Production and supply issues mean there simply aren’t enough of the popular gaming devices to go around.

Users are attracted by the fact that the pool of potential matches is limited to employees of the participating companies — thus providing a secure and safe platform.

“Drive My Car,” a film based on a short story by Haruki Murakami and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, has garnered a long list of prizes since premiering last July at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won three awards, including best screenplay. It was also ...

The national broadcaster’s 5-episode natural history series, which follows the courting rituals of 80 species in 22 different countries, is the first of its kind to be shot entirely in 8K.

Two wrestlers, yokozuna Terunofuji, who is seeking his third straight championship, and No. 6 maegashira Abi, are a win back at 6-1 in the 15-day meet.

The saga that has dominated headlines worldwide for the past week could reach its climax on Sunday, when a court convenes to hear the 34-year-old's appeal.

"I heal quite fast," Osaka told reporters with a smile. "I'm as good as I can be in this current moment."

While the Los Angeles Rams will play host to the first-ever Monday night playoff game, it is the Arizona Cardinals who are feeling completely familiar with the leadup to the all-NFC West matchup. The primetime showdown will be the third meeting between the teams, with ...

Unlike last summer's Tokyo Games, which took place in a porous "bubble," the perimeters of Beijing's "closed loop" are sealed and guarded.