Japan is moving toward abolishing its loss-making Cool Japan Fund, while seeking to expand a separate program to promote Japanese content overseas.The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) plans…
JOHANNESBURG – Marketed as “Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry,” the four-match series between South Africa and New Zealand has been preceded by spiky exchanges over the teams’ contrasting playing styles, stoking tensions…
Police not pleased with plan of leaving elementary schooler unattended for hours on Japan’s tallest mountain. “This summer, I hiked Mt. Fuji with my dad!” sounds like a pretty cool…
Japan’s ambitious mission to collect and bring back samples from one of Mars’s moons will lift off on October 20, the space agency announced Thursday.The uncrewed Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)…
Osaka – “Girl with a Pearl Earring” will go on show in Osaka this week, on a rare trip abroad for the 17th-century Johannes Vermeer masterpiece and potentially its last…
Taipei – Taiwan’s government on Thursday proposed an 18% rise in defense spending for next year, including for drones and missiles, taking it above 1 trillion New Taiwan dollars ($31.41…
New Delhi – India and Japan on Thursday agreed to bolster security ties including maritime cooperation after their defense ministers met in New Delhi.Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Indian…
KYIV – Russian strikes killed 16 people and injured more than 40 in Kyiv and the surrounding region on Thursday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a failure by Ukraine’s…
Paths to strengthen regulations on political donations from corporations and organizations in Japan remain unclear, as ruling and opposition parties are wide apart over the matter.The ruling Liberal Democratic Party…
Services using facial recognition technology are expanding in Japan, allowing, for example, touchless or ticketless entry through train station gates and payments at shops without the need to take out…