President Donald Trump held a nearly two-hour meeting on Tuesday with his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, that both called friendly — a dramatic about-face from weeks earlier, when Trump accused ...

Bullied and buffeted by President Donald Trump’s tariffs for the past year, America’s longstanding allies are desperately seeking ways to shield themselves from the president’s impulsive wrath.

A federal judge said Tuesday that he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon’s censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to resist unlawful ...

The athletes villages for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics looked like comfortable places to stay when they were shown to the press on Tuesday.

Although 74% of candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party favor a limited reduction to the consumption tax rate, 20% believe the current rate should be maintained, reflecting a somewhat cautious ...

While 79% of JIP candidates said the percentage against the GDP should be raised above 2%, 38% of LDP candidates replied so. Fifty-nine percent of LDP candidates and 55% of CRA candidates replied that ...

Poets Marie Mariya and Megumi Moriyama, sisters who translated the English version of “The Tale of Genji” into Japanese, will speak at an event at Tokyo’s Setagaya Literary Museum on Feb. 14.

Senior officials from Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) met with counterparts from the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok on Tuesday, seeking to strengthen collaborative efforts by the two nations ...

Shogi genius Sota Fujii set a new record high for prize money and playing fees in 2025, according to an announcement made by the Japan Shogi Association on Tuesday.

Voting will end earlier than the usual 8 p.m. at 18,537 polling stations for Sunday’s House of Representatives election, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has announced.

The military-affiliated party’s overwhelming victory in an unfair election in Myanmar does not in any way legitimize the military’s rule. It is deeply concerning that the military’s control is ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s business restructuring continues to face a challenging path. Based on its new plan, TEPCO is urged to enhance its profitability, including through ...