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…
A cocaine bust in Spain leads all the way to Wall Street
It was supposed to be a cargo of bananas from Latin America. What Spanish police…
Japan enacts bill to bolster maintenance of sewerage facilities
Parliament enacted a bill Wednesday to promote measures for proper maintenance and management of sewerage…
Parents get 8 years in prison for fatally abusing 2-year-old daughter
The Wakayama District Court on Wednesday sentenced a 26-year-old man and his 26-year-old wife to…