Takaichi Cabinet’s approval rating slips below 50% for first time, poll finds
Public support for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet fell by 5.3 percentage points from the…
Japan school achievement test flags gaps in proportional reasoning and reading
The Japanese education ministry on Thursday released results from this fiscal year’s national achievement test,…
Japanese researchers figure out why osteosarcomas often emerge during adolescence
A group of researchers from the University of Tokyo and other institutions announced Wednesday that…
Compensation claims for overwork-related deaths, stress hit record high 6,212 in FY2025
The number of claims filed for workers' compensation due to causes such as death from karoshi…
Trump demands ICE restart traffic stops after Maine killing
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday abandoned a day-old decision to halt most…
U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran as peril in Strait of Hormuz deepens
The U.S. has launched more airstrikes on Iran after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to…
Parties agree on new benefit program but stay divided over consumption tax on food
Japan’s ruling and opposition parties reached an interim agreement Thursday to introduce a new income-linked…
CDP and CRA’s opposing stances on imperial family bills cloud prospect for merger
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), the largest opposition party in the Upper House,…
Tractors out, oxen in for fuel-starved Cuban farms
CAIMITO, CUBA – Alexander Quesada was gifted a tractor for turning a Cuban rubbish dump…