Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly soared over 2,100 points in morning trading Thursday, led by p...
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would speak with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, an unprece...
SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit North Korea as early as next week, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reporte...
DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) – The tanker crew gathered their courage and carefully navigated along a route designated by Iran, hugging the coast...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are considering whether to drop a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House comple...
NEW YORK (AP) — A 56-year-old woman fell into an open maintenance hole on a busy New York City street and died, police and utility officials...
Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has held a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Imperial Palace i...
The world’s first sale of eels that have been produced by artificially hatching them from eggs will begin on a trial basis from May 29.
HIROSHIMA — A teacher at a school in Hiroshima Prefecture has created peace education classes for his students based on his experiences duri...
Discussions at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), currently underway in Hiroshima, have entered their final stages as this ye...
The Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, held in Hiroshima, will conclude on May 21 after 11 days. During the conference, delegations from...
NAHA — The captains of two small boats that capsized off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in March are suspected of having allowed studen...
Chiyoda Ward, located in the center of Tokyo’s 23 wards and where central government agencies and major corporations are concentrated, has b...
SEOUL/ANDONG, South Korea — Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi received a state guest-level welcome on Tuesday at South Korean President Lee Jae...
HIROSAKI, Aomori — A grape-seedling planting event took place in a field in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on May 2 as the city works toward...
With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, the need for both Japan and South Korea to secure crude oil and petroleum products has become urgent. Sin...
The shortage of surgeons is becoming increasingly severe, making it difficult to maintain a system in which everyone can receive advanced ca...
BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his close ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and said their countries are partners...
NUMAZU, Shizuoka — A closed public bathhouse in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, held a rakugo storytelling event on May 2.
Local police in Atsuta Ward, Nagoya, arrested two men on Tuesday on suspicion of possessing counterfeit Bonbon Drop stickers with the intent...
The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday conducted on-site inspections at a total of nine companies, including construction firms affiliat...
Following a March 16 incident in which two boats capsized off the coast of Henoko in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, the Okinawa General Bureau of...
A police officer discovered the lower half of a human body near Sengen Toge pass in the Nippara district of Western Tokyo’s Okutama on Tuesd...
Fragrant roses in full bloom delight visitors to Tsuruma Park in Showa Ward, Nagoya, on Tuesday. According to the Nagoya City Greenery Cente...
SEJONG, South Korea, May 20 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics’ management and its labor union failed to reach a deal on Wednesday, setting the...
TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a near three-week low on Wednesday, with SoftBank Group leading the decline...
Police found a woman and her daughter lying on the floor covered in blood in a house in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, on Tuesday.
A strong earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu region at about 11:46 a.m. on Wednesday. Upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 were...
LISBON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo is set to make a record sixth World Cup appearance after being included in Portugal’s squad for the tourname...
Arsenal’s decades-long wait is over.
CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival is not a place that’s conducive to taking your time. Festivalgoers rush frantically between s...
The attempt to bring back the woolly mammoth may have birthed a new Silicon Valley fantasy: synthetic wombs.
Demna chose New York City as the destination for his first cruise extravaganza for Gucci.
It now seems clear that the OpenAI nonprofit is little more than the most well-funded fig leaf of all time, writes Tom Dotan. Will anyone ca...
Demi Moore, Riley Keough, Ruth Negga and James Franco mingled at the Carlton Beach Club for one of the most glamorous events at Cannes.
Anderson chose Los Angeles as the destination for his first cruise show for Dior.
Dressed in a regal ceremonial gown, the sovereign maintained her composure on the palace steps, despite sporting one of the royal collection...
The royal arrived in Italy wearing a sky blue suit by Canadian-British designer Edeline Lee.
Despite Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers's best efforts, the existential threat of AI has managed to creep into the courtroom.
The 2025 edition banned naked dresses on its red carpet. This year, no such formal mandate has been issued, but certain requirements for the...
The columnist is taking a relentless approach with his newsletter, Naughty but Nice, fact-checking be damned. “This is the Wild West,” he te...
In an exclusive excerpt from, Steve Jobs in Exile, go inside the explosive board meeting that left Jobs in tears.
This time, it's not AI: Pope Leo XIV was spotted wearing a pair of Nike's Franchise Low Plus trainers in a new documentary.
Queen Elizabeth II gave Anne the gold and diamond adornment to commemorate her marriage to Mark Phillips. Despite the couple's 1992 parting,...
‘The Art of Intentional Dressing’ by Erin Walsh is out this week.
The famed celebrity stylist sets the record straight on prepping VF for the Met Gala, and explains why she has stopped reading best dressed...
“This is the first Met where I’ve done something crazy that I don’t think anyone will do,” the Sudanese American supermodel told VF. “No one...
Shivon Zilis, who took the stand on Wednesday, is one of the most complicated witnesses in the dramatic trial.
The ‘Love Story’ actress chatted with ‘Vanity Fair’ about channeling “golden goddesses of past, present, and future” for her second Met Gala...