Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stressed Thursday the significance of resuming a program for former residents of Russian-held Pacific islands to visit their ancestors’ graves there.The suspension of the program due…
NTT Docomo Financial Group plans to sell more banking and other financial functions to businesses, aiming to tap into customers of regional banks and other partners, CEO Takashi Hiroi said…
Halfway through a short speech he was giving at the German Bundestag, Zhang Yabo began to choke back tears.Zhang had served for nine years as a police officer in Xinjiang,…
Toyota Motor’s global sales fell slightly after turmoil in the Middle East and a slump in China led the world’s biggest carmaker to record a drop for the fifth month…
MAP YANG PHON, Thailand – On a dusty piece of land south of Bangkok, a flashlight factory stands full of promise. Workers hunch over tables gluing components. But only half…
Suzu Hirose is an all but ubiquitous presence in the Japanese entertainment industry these days.The 28-year-old actor, whose searching eyes peer out from soft features, rose to prominence through films…
The sword of the vice-captain of the Shinsengumi is being called into action once again in a touching story of repaying kindness. On Tuesday morning, a powerful earthquake struck Kumamoto…
The death toll for a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday has risen to 28, including those authorities are still working to determine whether they are quake-related,…
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a plan at an extraordinary meeting of Liberal Democratic Party executives Thursday to lower the consumption tax rate on food and beverages to 1% for…
The Generation Z protests that convulsed the streets of Indian cities in recent weeks began with dreams dashed in the classrooms of India’s schools.This is the Achilles’ heel of India’s…