A law introducing punishments for desecrating Japan's national flag went into effect Thursday, fulfilling a longtime legislative aim ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday morning, led by artificial intelligence- and semiconductor-related shares, as the release of ...

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KYIV (Kyodo) -- Russia and North Korea are considering a plan to deploy additional North Korean troops to three western Russian regions bordering Ukraine, freeing up Russian units for the front lines, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave the Trump administration at the end of the month to spend more time with her young ...

Washington (AP) -- U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians, according to a Pentagon review of the attacks, which comes as concerns rise ...

Japan is approaching the 81st anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. How long will politicians continue to leave the damage to victims unaddressed ...

(The Chosun Ilbo) -- Kia shares are surging on rumors that parent Hyundai and Apple are in talks to co-develop electric cars and Kia will handle the p Full article The Mainichi on social media ...

Two teenage boys were recently arrested on suspicion of firing fireworks horizontally toward two police boxes including one that was newly re ...

Japan's wholesale prices in July rose 7.2 percent from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan said Thursday, led by increases in electric ...

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Kumamoto Castle reopened to visitors Thursday, just over two weeks after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck southwestern Japan, following safety checks by the city. The city ...

BRUSSELS (Mainichi) -- Plans are taking shape to build a theme park based on Japan's globally popular anime series "Dragon Ball" in the suburbs of Paris, France. The French government has reportedly ...