Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to skip a visit to Tokyo’s war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, the anniversary of the country’s surrender in World War II, people familiar with…
Beijing – Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who died on Wednesday age 97, was never one to mince his words.When the four-volume selection of his speeches came out in 2011,…
The major earthquake that hit Kumamoto Prefecture late last month is hitting the local tourism industry hard amid the peak summer holiday season.The Kumamoto Prefectural Government estimates that the industry has…
When Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told state TV last week that he found it “very difficult” to reach the country’s supreme leader, it sparked fresh speculation about the whereabouts of…
Yasukuni Shrine has clarified that its new policy banning military-style clothing on its grounds does not apply to active-duty members.After receiving inquiries, including those from The Japan Times, the Tokyo-based…
We seem to have avoided the Thucydides Trap. The inevitable conflict triggered by the insecurity in the world’s leading power created by the rise of a challenger has not yet…
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday it arrested a 23-year-old man after he tried to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan by hiding them inside socks in a suitcase.Daniel Isaac…
Six of the biggest names in finance are helping Nvidia ease some of the investor anxiety that’s been building for weeks over its swelling commitments to backstop the artificial intelligence boom.The…
Emergency workers attempting to rescue survivors after a recent earthquake in Kyushu also had to cope with extreme summer heat. After the earthquake killed at least 38 people and left…
SINGAPORE – Parkour may conjure images of boisterous teenagers swinging between buildings in urban settings, but a coach in Singapore is using the techniques to teach better balance to the…