Parliament leaders adopt draft proposal for imperial succession
The leaders and vice leaders of both chambers of parliament on Friday adopted a draft proposal to secure a sufficient nu...
Congo’s traditional healers are on the front line of Ebola fight
BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - In her garden, traditional healer Mariam Kabika looked for ingredients for a conco...
Bears emerge as serious safety threat in Japan, says white paper
Bears have become a “serious threat to public safety and peace” in Japan, with bear incidents and casualties reaching un...
Nobody knows what ‘working class’ even means anymore
By his own definition, Graham Platner is not working class. Although the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Maine...
How Japan created its naphtha supply bottleneck
Assurances from Prime Minister Sanae Takachi’s administration that Japan has secured enough naphtha to last into next ye...
South Korean riot police clear protesters after ballot shortage blockade
Seoul - South Korean riot police cleared protesters Friday from a Seoul polling station after a 35-hour blockade sparked...
Mitsubishi UFJ says Japan may need jumbo rate hike to boost yen
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management said a larger or out-of-cycle Bank of Japan rate hike can’t be ruled out, warning that a...
China’s Xi to visit North Korea next week for first time since 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week, state media said Friday, the latest in a series of high-l...
Japan could end up an ’AI colony’ if it falls behind, digital minister warns
Japan could fall prey to a new form of colonialism in the artificial intelligence (AI) era if it fails to keep pace wit...
U.S. will respect trade deals with Japan, EU over new tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer indicated Thursday that the United States will respect its trade a...
Takaichi still highly popular despite slide in approval ratings
Approval rates for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration have declined in two of three recent media polls amid ...
Indonesia’s radical export plan takes effect as doubts swirl
Lingering uncertainty around Indonesia’s commodity export rules means traders are holding up some shipments just as radi...
Green jobs can’t fix South African unemployment, experts say
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa cannot create nearly enough green jobs to make up for the many thousands it will lose as it ...
LDP’s flag desecration bill rekindles debate over limits of expression
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s push to make desecrating the national flag a criminal offense is reviving a long-r...
Japan and U.S. to collaborate on AI-driven scientific development
WASHINGTON - The Japanese and U.S. governments announced a five-year plan on Thursday to jointly provide $1 billion for ...
Is Iran’s new supreme leader taking up the reins of power?
PARIS - Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has not been seen in public since being appointed, his health condi...
A bleak prognosis for Japan’s demographic future
Japan’s population continues to plummet with no end in sight.The most recent government statistics show fertility rates ...
South Korea labor minister calls on tech firms to share excess AI profits with suppliers, staff
Seoul - South Korea’s labor minister called on the country’s major tech firms to share the spoils of their massive windf...
’Embryonic spines’: Trump faces growing Republican pushback
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is used to getting his own way with Republican lawmakers — but there are signs ...
China Coast Guard ships sail in Japanese waters off Senkakus
NAHA - Four China Coast Guard ships sailed in Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa P...