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 ...

Many visitors from Japan and abroad flock to the Sapporo Snow Festival, where 210 statues carved from ice and snow are displayed, in Sapporo on Wednesday. The festival, which started on the day, is ...

In a meeting at the Prime Minister’s office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel agreed to further strengthen the friendly relationship between their two nations.

The management agency of South Korean boy band BTS said Tuesday that the iconic seven-member group will hold a comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on March 21.

President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in ...

The Associated PressA court sketch of Marius Borg Hoiby during the first day of the trial against him, which is taking place in room 250 of the Oslo District Court, Norway, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026. The ...

Historians and observers accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a “historically inaccurate” ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday, after a sharp gain in the previous session, weighed down by heavy technology stocks that tracked Wall Street’s lower.