Learn how to buy a home in Japan, including market trends, property buying procedures, financing, and currently available properties. The webinar will be held on October 4, 2025, from 11AM to Noon ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday signaled a cautious approach to future interest rate cuts, in sharp contrast with other Fed officials this week who have called for a more urgent ...

Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, are questioning a man in his 80s after three elementary school students playing in a park were beaten by a man with a wooden stick on Monday. According to ...

The Gates Foundation will give $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday as he urged governments to reverse global health ...

NATO allies accused Russia at the United Nations on Monday of violating the alliance's air space in Estonia and Poland -- actions that Britain said risked triggering an armed conflict. Confronting ...

As the Gaza war rages on, France recognized Palestinian statehood on Monday at the start of a high-profile meeting at the United Nations aimed at galvanizing support for a two-state solution to the ...

This year has seen 69 bear attacks across Japan, nearing the 2023 all-time high of 71. Five people also tragically lost their lives in encounters with bears that are increasingly encroaching on rural ...

Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 34-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she stabbed a woman in her 60s. The incident occurred at around 2 p.m. Sunday, TV Asahi ...

North Korean laborers dispatched to Russia's Far East for temporary work have enlisted with the Russian military, with hundreds deployed to the country's western Kursk region since around July, an ...

Nanako Fujii became the first Japanese woman to win a race walk medal at the world championships on Saturday in Tokyo when she finished third in the 20-kilometer event. The 26-year-old from Fukuoka ...

Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer, his 52nd of the season, and Mookie Betts followed with a solo shot in the fifth inning to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Friday ...

The brewer of popular Japanese sake Dassai recently changed its company name to match its signature label, in a move aimed at boosting global brand recognition to expand sales abroad. "The entire ...