The base, which is strategically located on the Gulf of Thailand, near the South China Sea, has been a source of geopolitical tension.

The ruling party has repeatedly suppressed China’s nascent #MeToo movement, viewing it as a vehicle for spreading liberal Western values.

The launch came after the country's previous attempt failed in October when it launched its first homegrown rocket.

The deal would mark another significant acquisition for Sumitomo Mitsui after a string of other deals.

With voters expressing worries over inflation and less than three weeks to go before the Upper House poll, there’s plenty of time for the political winds to shift.

The prime minister said his government is not considering lowering the consumption tax rate from the current 10% or altering the ultraeasy monetary policy employed by the Bank of Japan.

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously last week to recommend that the agency authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for use in very young children.

The previously unreported connection between critical minerals and forced labor in Xinjiang could prove trouble for industries like the global auto sector, which relies heavily on China.

The prime minister also said the government will swiftly implement a ¥13 trillion spending measure partially to contain rising prices of wheat, fertilizer, livestock feed and energy.

The number of patients with severe symptoms under the metropolitan government's criteria also remained at zero.

There have been calls for Japan to acquire more weapons against COVID-19, especially domestically produced ones, but medical experts are unsure of the drug's merits.

Mobile payment gateway provider Opn Co. owes much of its success to its early entry into the Thai market in 2013.

Under the system, parents would be able to jointly make major decisions for their child, such those related to health care and education.

Kishida would be the first Japanese prime minister to attend a review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

They change mufflers, remove sports tuning and change the interiors to create pared-down vehicles — all under the supervision of businessman Volodymyr Tarkhov.

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which was signed into law in December, is certain to further strain relations between the world's two largest economies.

Nineteen of the world’s 20 fastest-growing chip industry firms over the past four quarters, on average, hail from the world’s No. 2 economy.

As possible measures to finance a higher defense budget, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba mentioned raising liquor and tobacco taxes and imposing heavier property taxes.

In a review on risks to the stable supply of food, the agriculture ministry said related industries "are in a harsh environment not seen in recent years."

Relations between the two sides have soured since they signed a long-awaited investment treaty at the end of 2020.

Much of the new supply is of lower quality than before and burns more quickly in power stations.

The world's second-biggest economy imported around 8.42 million metric tons of oil from Russia last month — a 55% rise year on year.

The government is set to put together a five-year plan by the end of 2022 that will seek to increase money going to startups tenfold.

Discussions are going in the right direction and Ukraine’s candidate status is on track to be approved, according to an EU official.

Koki Tanaka "seems highly addicted to illegal drugs," Nagoya District Court presiding Judge Fumiaki Hiraki said.

The application process was expected to be quick. But Turkey's objections caught them all off guard, at a time when NATO is keen to display a unified front against Russia.

"The atomic bomb is a weapon of inhumanity and of absolute evil, with which human beings cannot exist and which does not allow us to even live or die as human beings," Sueichi Kido said.

Toshimitsu Motegi said the LDP wants to "share a sense of a timetable with major parties and realize constitutional reform at an early stage."

The developments suggest those companies and countries who were unwilling to buy Russian crude have already stepped back, leaving the market to others who are happier to do so.

Tokyo fears Beijing's unilateral development in the area may lead to the siphoning off of resources from beneath the Japanese side of the line.

The number of European firms reassessing their options was the highest proportion in the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China's survey in a decade.

Nippon Steel’s potential move to bolster its upstream presence underscores how inflation is making companies prioritize their short-term operational needs over longer-term emissions goals.

The nutria, a kind of large rat native to South America, has expanded its habitat to almost all areas of the prefecture, with municipalities stepping up measures against the animal.

It is impossible to cast the war in Ukraine as a black-and-white struggle between democracy and despotism.

Health officials, with the monkeypox outbreak, are again failing to understand that a new epidemic may not take the same course as the last one.

Washington, together with Tokyo, has been urging Beijing to halt its arms ambitions, while at the same time boosting its nuclear umbrella in the region.

The Samurai Blue will take on their U.S. counterparts for the first time since a February 2006 friendly in San Francisco.

Japan's standout at the Tokyo Olympics is adjusting to the challenges of professional ball in the United States after making the move from the Fujitsu RedWave earlier this spring.

Japan regularly dominates Olympics judo, but federation president Yasuhiro Yamashita believes the values of the sport are being lost as parents and coaches chase short-term glory.

Darvish gave up four hits and two walks while striking out five to win his third straight start.

The players basked in the adoration of the crowd, with several of them leaving their buses to embrace delirious "Dubs" fans under sunny skies clouded only by blasts of confetti.

Competing in their first world championships, the pair scored 86.5939 points and bettered Japan's previous best finish in the category, a bronze in 2019.

The agency founded by the four-time Grand Slam champion touted the talented and controversial Australian as an "icon" among Gen Z tennis fans.

Several global sporting organizations are evaluating their current trans athlete policies following a move by swimming's governing body to restrict their participation in women's events.