Hiroyuki Hosoda said he is considering to sue a weekly magazine's reports about his alleged acts of sexual harassment.

Toshiba Corp. nominated an executive from M&A advisory firm Houlihan Lokey as chairperson and activist shareholders as outside directors.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s five-day trip to Japan and South Korea will be judged a success.

There is no doubt that Joe Biden's remarks that the U.S. would defend Taiwan were not part of a "gaffe" and were very deliberate.

Rising energy prices stemming from the war in Ukraine have stirred debate over nuclear power, but the government would have to bypass its own rules ...

"Hopefully people will not think that I abandoned the Philippines, because I love the Philippines. I also love Japan. "It's still the same me, it's ...

The capital marked a week-on-week drop in new cases for the 13th consecutive day.

Teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz and No. 3 Alexander Zverev each had to save a match point to advance in Paris.

There is a growing demand for milk banks and rising awareness that babies born prematurely can be protected by breast milk, which can boost immunity.

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, strategy has in large part evolved into attempts at entrapment. But as the encounter at the bridge illustrated, ...

Olena Samoylenko says it was "heartbreaking" to see the destruction in places where she had played with her daughter.

The measures are also intended to help safeguard exchanges with American and European institutions.

The American League MVP's historic 2021 season has inspired more Japanese players to try walking down their own two-way path.

Jharkhand locals say the lack of power is unfair on their state, whose coal reserves light up big cities and power the nation's industries.

The U.S. military said in a news release the drill was intended to "showcase combined capabilities to deter and counter regional threats."

Hours after Wang touched down in Honiara, leaked documents revealed that China is seeking a region-wide agreement with almost a dozen Pacific island countries.

Japan is currently the only Group of Seven country still refusing to allow the normal entry of foreign tourists.

Only the U.S., whose rate and severity of mass shootings is without parallel outside of conflict zones, has so consistently refused to answer those events ...

Since a coup ousted her government in February 2021, plunging Myanmar into upheaval, the 76-year-old Nobel peace prize laureate has been in military custody and ...

Goodwill is lacking in Moscow, which has squarely blamed the Western sanctions imposed in response to Russia's military campaign in Ukraine for the food crisis.

The Tokyo District Court ruled that Yoshikawa received a total of ¥5 million from the then-head of Akita Foods between November 2018 and August 2019.

Nylon belts wrapped around the bow and stern of the boat were tightened to a steel frame on Thursday morning, marking a step forward for ...

Colin Kaepernick has been invited to work out with the Las Vegas Raiders, marking the first time the quarterback has worked out with an NFL ...

Alfred Garza III said he was on a lunch break when his daughter's mother told him she could not get her out of the school ...

Speaking on a visit to Washington, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country would continue to push for greater access to the U.S. ...

Kings of the combustion age such as General Motors and Volkswagen are falling behind local players in the booming electric vehicle market in China.

Gains in the currency are giving the government pause, as they bite into exporter competitiveness and budget revenue on oil, gas and other commodities sold ...

Yu Darvish turned in another quality start but a lack of run support led to his second loss of the 2022 campaign as the San ...

By boosting its overseas network of about 500 investment bankers, Daiwa hopes to hit its target of earning ¥50 billion annually from M&A advisory in ...

The confusion underlines how Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 has caught Berlin on the back foot, revealing how starkly ill-equipped it is for ...

The Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance minister, has warned that "there are no clever schemes or shortcuts" to fund increased defense spending.

There are concerns some proposals to handle a faster-than-expected recovery may be too much for a global workforce decimated by layoffs and bereft of its ...

Sagan Tosu foiled an improbable comeback by Kashima Antlers after Masaya Tashiro's last-gasp header left their J. League first-division clash deadlocked 4-4 on Wednesday.A 94th-minute ...

Political analysts and Republican strategists caution that any jubilation among Trump's enemies over David Perdue's loss to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is short-sighted.

Kazuma Okamoto homered for the second straight night and drove in five runs as the Central League's Yomiuri Giants improved to 2-0 in interleague play ...

New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of center-left Labor has promised to end the "climate wars" that have dogged politics in Australia for years.

The move comes as the government plans to establish an agency dedicated to overseeing children and family affairs policies next April.

The economic framework has been joined by countries including Japan and the two Southeast Asian nations, although details including how negotiations will proceed remain unclear.

While "Inu-Oh" contains good insights into how folk traditions are born, the visuals and music could've benefited from more variety.

Though charming, the film adaptation of a novel by Mizuki Tsujimura misses an opportunity to tackle the actual problems facing young animators.

The government is making final arrangements to resume accepting foreign tourists in June, further relaxing its pandemic border controls.

The government is making final arrangements to resume accepting foreign tourists in June, further relaxing its pandemic border controls.

Beijing is willing to discuss rights issues and cooperate with all parties on the basis of mutual respect, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a ...

The revelations in a report on the issue have the potential to undermine Prime Minister Boris Johnson, both within his ruling Tory party and especially ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week proposed a "green economy transformation bond” to raise as much as ¥20 trillion to help meet climate goals.

The growth in productivity since the pandemic hit now stands at about 1% annually, in line with the meager rate since 2010 — and far ...

Algorithms use patterns in data to predict future behavior, including that of criminals, making them ideal for helping law-enforcement agencies fight crime.

The leading ideas from lawmakers are variously unworkable, unconstitutional, irrelevant and unserious, and many of them betraying a profound ignorance about how the internet actually ...

What is most off-putting is the way that Europeans tend to universalize their own experience, often assuming that what is right for them is right ...

It’s still early, but contact-tracing efforts and analysis of the virus’s genome offer hope that this outbreak can be contained.