Group of Seven leaders are also pushing for a plan to use revenues collected by tariffs on Russian goods to aid Ukraine.

The confusion over the Chinese president's visit comes as Hong Kong recorded nearly 2,000 new COVID-19 cases.

Destinations such as Niseko in Hokkaido are gearing up for "revenge travel" by domestic and foreign tourists, but caution over COVID-19 limits the expected rise in numbers.

Fueled by pandemic-induced stress, nameless netizens are directing myriad harmful and threatening messages on the internet with little fear of retribution.

Analysts say export restrictions will worsen the rise in food prices and risk producing a domino effect as a deepening crisis prompts other countries to take similar steps.

The local governments of Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, which Mount Fuji straddles, will require hikers to hand in a health check sheet and take their temperature at the fifth station.

Amid a brutal heatwave, the government is urging people to shed their masks when outside, but peer pressure still prevails for now.

Japanese cars already hold a high market share in Asia, so promoting car racing may be aimed at spreading an interest in the higher-performance models.

Some people, including teachers, actually quit their jobs and started growing pineapples, such was the wealth to be gained from farming the crop.

The Osaka Digital Exchange has become the third such institution to open in the country.

Marcos Jr., known by his nickname "Bongbong," will succeed Rodrigo Duterte in the top job on Thursday after his landslide victory in last month's elections.

At the meeting, the central bank stuck to its ultra-low interest rate policy and vowed to defend its cap on the 10-year bond yield with unlimited buying.

The leaders also launched a global infrastructure program that will access $600 billion by 2027 to counter China's Belt and Road initiative.

Business experts, an environmentalist, a freelance newscaster and an Olympic medalist were among new female outside directors welcomed to corporate boards this year.

The meetings were aimed at ironing out differences among the delegates, with barely six months before a crucial COP15 summit in December.

Spain is also pushing for more NATO focus on the southern flank to address migration and militant groups in the Sahel region of Africa.

The latest generation of technology digs through vast amounts of data to find patterns and aberrations, promising to predict crimes or protests before they happen.

Given the damage already done to the economy and markets, the default is also mostly symbolic for now, and matters little to Russians dealing with double-digit inflation.

The rulings embraced the conservative-backed "originalist” view that the Constitution should be interpreted based on its specific words and the meaning they held when were adopted.

A secretive operation involving U.S. Special Operations forces hints at the scale of the effort to assist Ukraine’s still outgunned military.

Chinese state-controlled firms are increasingly dominating Hong Kong, taking market share away from the local tycoons and British trading houses.

The two also agreed to deepen defense cooperation between their countries and make arrangements for the launch of their defense and foreign ministers' "two-plus-two" meeting.

France, the current holder of the rotating EU presidency, aims for an agreement among national governments on how to enact the 55% emissions-reduction target for this decade.

The strike on Sunday morning shook many out of the relative sense of security that has prevailed in Ukraine’s capital since the Russians were pushed out of its periphery in early April.

What started in crypto markets as a "risk-off” bout of selling has exposed interconnectedness that resembles the tangle of derivatives that hit the global financial system in 2008.

New Delhi won plaudits for its strategic autonomy on the Ukraine war, but then the ruling party unleashed more Hindu-chauvinist rhetoric.

From the separation of politics and economy to the principle of economic security, the two countries have tried to maintain trade and exchange despite numerous obstacles.

While Kyoto and Hiroshima are likely be the go-to choices for many first-time visitors to Japan, Hokkaido could be a tempting travel experience for those visiting again.

Koenji residents claim the government's proposed Auxiliary Road 227 would spell the beginning of the end for their bohemian neighborhood.

"We will continue to see increased use of sports for cultural change, for value change, for policy change. It’s only going to happen more and more.”

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp said the team has the passion and personnel to win back-to-back Super Bowls and can do so if they focus on getting better every week. Kupp led the league in receptions, receiving touchdowns and receiving yards during a ...

Hataoka logged the day's best score and finished above 10th for the first time in this season's majors.

The Carp are hoping Akiyama will play in the outfield and lead off following the departure of slugger Seiya Suzuki to the Chicago Cubs ahead of this season.

The Avalanche denied the Lightning a third consecutive title and fourth overall with an emotional road win.

Midfielder Yoshiaki Komai scored a fine winner as Consadole Sapporo ended a three-game losing run with a 1-0 home win over Gamba Osaka in the J. League first division on Sunday. Sapporo, which had conceded a staggering 15 goals in those three games, dominated at ...

New Zealand's preparations for its first test against Ireland were thrown into disarray after head coach Ian Foster, his assistant John Plumtree and two players tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Foster and Plumtree are isolating at home while players David Havili and Jack Goodhue ...

Tokyo Olympic champion Xander Schauffele birdied the final hole on Sunday to win the Travelers Championship, holding off Sahith Theegala for his sixth career PGA Tour title.