In an apparent bid to draw attention to his pet project while his popularity tumbles, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has increased pressure on his ruling Liberal Democratic Party to speed up work on revising the Constitution.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is running close behind Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike’s fledging Tomin First no Kai party in the race to be the leading party in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election in July.
The National Tax Agency unveils plans to use artificial intelligence to automate responses to taxpayer inquiries and consultations and also to select targets for investigation.
“Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order … and the like.” — U.S. Supreme Court ...
If Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were Iraqi Army officers under late dictator Saddam Hussein. Experts on Islamist groups see no clear successor but ...
The expected bankruptcy of troubled air bag maker Takata Corp. isn’t just a crisis for its employees and suppliers — it also throws a wild card into one of the most complicated recalls in automotive history.
A South Korean court on Friday sentenced a longtime friend of ousted President Park Geun-hye to three years in prison for using her presidential ties to unlawfully get her daughter into a prestigious Seoul university. The Seoul Central District Court said Choi Soon-sil “committed ...
The internet has long been an essential fixture of people’s lives. But the candy-colored cupcake photos on Instagram and hilarious animal videos on YouTube are just the sugar-coated, cat-tastic surface of the internet. There’s also the web’s seamy underbelly — an anonymous hidden marketplace ...
