During the 2010s, Tetsuya Nakashima felt like the closest thing Japan had to its own Nicolas Winding Refn, a purveyor of violent, hyperstylized nihilism that somehow managed to command a…
Overnight stays by foreign visitors in Japan reached an estimated 179.92 million in 2025, up 55.6% from the prepandemic level in 2019, with 39 of the country’s 47 prefectures recording…
Japan is considering taking some measure against Russia, following President Vladimir Putin's visit to Etorofu Island, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Friday. Putin made his first trip to the…
Bangkok – Students stood quietly outside their Bangkok school Friday as teachers checked their bags, pockets and even pencil cases under new security measures introduced after last week’s deadly shooting.Thailand’s…
Several regions of Russia are facing fuel shortages again after Ukraine resumed almost daily attacks on oil refineries in the country.The Orenburg region in Russia’s Urals introduced a rationing system…
Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the China market, three people familiar with the matter said, a departure from the iPhone maker’s strategy of relying on third-party…
Nigel Farage, leader of Britain's populist Reform UK party, said on Friday he had regained his parliamentary seat, but would not be present at the vote count because of a…
BRUSSELS – A popular flower carpet event featuring a design inspired by an iconic work of renowned traditional Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print artist Katsushika Hokusai kicked off in Brussels on…
Summer McIntosh led all the way in winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships on Thursday night, bouncing back after a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle.…
GINOWAN, OKINAWA PREF. – Okinawa International University President Hajime Asato called for the immediate closure of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station, at a gathering Thursday to mark 22…