The Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium comes as Tokyo looks to take on a bigger regional security role to counter China, North Korea and Russia.

Tokyo’s metropolitan assembly passed a bill Wednesday to introduce a same-sex partnership system throughout the capital.

The U.N. chief's comments came in advance of the first meeting to be held June 21 in Vienna of state parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

The public approval rate for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet in June dropped 2.1 percentage points from the previous month to 48.7%, according to a Jiji Press opinion survey.

The amount will increase from ¥5,000 to as much as ¥8,000 per person, covering both accommodation and transportation fees, after the program is expanded nationwide.

The shift comes amid growing concerns related to Moscow, Beijing and Pyongyang, but critics say it deviates from Japan’s traditional defense-oriented policy.

The seven-day average of daily new cases in the capital fell by 11.3%.

All three leaders have faced criticism from Kyiv over support viewed as tepid.

Worldwide, the disease is estimated to infect about 390 million people every year, with more than half of the global population now at risk.

Shiretoko Yuransen, based in the town of Shari, Hokkaido, will not be able to apply for a new license for the next two years.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Baltic states have been calling for their region to receive the biggest buildup of combat-ready NATO forces in Europe since the end of the Cold War.

The contrast between how Democratic and Republican proponents are describing the proposal — monumental versus limited in scope — reflects the tricky politics surrounding the issue.

The Policy Board is holding its first meeting since Japan's core consumer inflation topped 2% for the first time in about seven years in April, exceeding the BOJ's inflation target.

Scientists are raising the alarm that in the coming years, destruction related to climate change will reach nearly all 423 U.S. national parks.

South Korean officials said this week that North Korea was poised to conduct a nuclear test "at any time" and that the timing would be decided by leader Kim Jong Un.

The latest policy measure in China’s financial hub shows the government’s increasing reliance on frequent mass testing to stick to its "COVID zero" stance.

North Korea has reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic, potentially adding to strains on the isolated country's health care system.

Soaring wheat and oil prices have drastically impacted the supply of food and energy for the people and economies of Africa, according to the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Many firms said they were no longer able to absorb the rising costs of materials.

A coalition of 7,000 global companies is calling on the regulators to converge their definitions, terminology and concepts before finalizing the rules later this year.

The scandal risks being displaced as the norm-breaking exemplar of presidential corruption by Donald Trump and the firestorm over his role in the U.S. Capitol assault.

According to a survey by Daiwa Institute of Research, the number of such companies totaled 47 as of Friday last week, up more than twofold from a year earlier.

A band of Taiwanese radio enthusiasts has been tuning in to related radio traffic and publishing the recordings online.

A last-gasp intervention by the European Court of Human Rights forced the government to cancel its first flight of asylum-seekers to the African nation.

Car companies are rushing to add driver assistance systems, saying these improve safety by handling some maneuvers.

European officials see little chance of Russia striking a deal to let Ukraine resume crucial grain exports, saying the Kremlin views the food crisis as leverage against Kyiv and its allies.

A weaker yen pushing up the cost of imported goods, spiking energy prices and climbing raw material costs are making it harder for operators to do business.

Since U.S. President Joe Biden took office, migration at the southern border of the United States has increased to levels not seen in decades.

The growing trade deficit underscores the headwinds the world's third-largest economy faces from a slide in the yen and surging costs of fuel and raw materials.

The Ukrainian army has advanced in several places, chipping away at Russia's grip on Kherson, the only Ukrainian region it has claimed to have fully captured.

The president of Zipair Tokyo told reporters that some people might see the current logo as indicating that the company approves of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The doll features a picture of Putin's face and came with a note in its breast wishing death to the Russian leader.

An acceleration of U.S. monetary tightening is likely to further drive down the Japanese yen, which has already dipped to a 24-year low against the greenback.

South Korea would be wise to develop the capability to act independently in defense of its own needs, as Japan has done. An aircraft carrier is a first step in that direction.

The former Fed chief Bernanke had a famous recipe for setting monetary policy that relied heavily on communication. Officials today would do well to scale it back.

Director Yang Yonghi comes to terms with her mother’s past trauma and animosity toward South Korea in the moving final chapter of her documentary trilogy on familial ties.

Actor Song Kang-ho stands out in the director's incisive and at times heartwarming feature about a band of misfits involved in the black market for babies.

With the success of the film 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' the work of Shirley Kurata is in demand, but her personal style has always had its own fans.

League officials have told both teams that their Russian or Belarusian players will have to hold off on taking the Cup home.

"I am looking forward to the results and success he can produce this year if he can avoid injury."

In Group E, along with powerhouses Germany and Spain, Japan can only expect to see as much time on the ball as it did against Tunisia when it faces Costa Rica in its second match.

The two-way star scored on Matt Duffy's single before Craig Kimbrel secured the final two outs to extinguish the comeback.

The Avalanche's Gabriel Landeskog and Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist each and Artturi Lehkonen also scored.

The former Seibu Lions standout is looking for a new team and will consider joining a Nippon Professional Baseball club, according to a source.