Ensuring the safety of buses used for out-of-town trips by junior high and high school clubs has become a major issue since a bus carrying members of a high school soft tennis club crashed this spring ...

A minor planet has been officially named after the town of Minamiaizu, Fukushima Prefecture, by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

The bill to amend the Imperial House Law was passed at a plenary session of the House of Councillors and enacted on Friday.

A female Ukrainian student at Kyushu University is working hard for the future of her home country, interviewing people who fled to Japan to escape the Russian aggression, and reporting on the ...

A procession of Yamahoko floats moves through central Kyoto on Friday as part of Sakimatsuri, or the early festival of Gion Matsuri — one of the three major traditional festivals in Japan that have ...

The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to criminalize acts of damaging the Japanese national flag, despite concerns that it could infringe on freedom of thought and expression guaranteed ...

A landslide Friday in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing buried some residential buildings, trapping an undetermined number of people, state media reported.

Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen urged expanding cooperation between Israel and Japan in such areas as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun in ...

Andy Burnham was ⁠confirmed as the ⁠new leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party ⁠on Friday, replacing Keir Starmer.

Asian shares skidded Friday, with Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 losing 4% as heavy selling of computer chipmakers and other AI-related shares dragged markets lower.

The National Council on Social Security has broadly agreed on the introduction of an income-linked cash benefit system, but question marks remain over precisely who will receive the handouts and how ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cast Beijing as the champion of a new global AI order, using China’s premier tech conference to promote open-source technology and challenge U.S. influence over ...