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

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday called Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to an island in a Russian-held, Japanese-claimed island chain off Hokkaido "totally ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The total investment is expected to exceed 1 billion euros (about $1.15 billion). QIC has reportedly recently opened an office in Paris. Meanwhile, plans are already underway in Saudi Arabia for the ...

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 ...