Japan's annual wage negotiations effectively kicked off on Tuesday, with the focus on whether the momentum for pay hikes will continue, reaching the rate of 5 percent or higher for the third straight ...

Official campaigning began across Japan on Tuesday for the House of Representatives election on Feb 8, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks a fresh mandate to continue her economic and security ...

Tokyo police have arrested the leader of a criminal sex worker recruitment syndicate on an island over 1,000 kilometers from the Japanese capital, ending a manhunt that lasted about a year. The Tokyo ...

President Donald Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz each struck a conciliatory tone on Monday after a private phone call in a sign the two ‌sides were seeking to defuse a crisis over the ...

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Monday backed a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and ...

French lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban social media use by under-15s, a move championed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to protect children from excessive screen time. The lower ...

A major heatwave across Australia's southeast raised bushfire threats, with Melbourne forecast to record ‌its hottest day in nearly 17 years on Tuesday, and hundreds of residents in rural towns were ...

Hungary's pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused Ukraine on Monday of seeking to meddle in his country's upcoming elections and ordered Kyiv's ambassador to be summoned to the foreign ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday called North Korea a "country owning nuclear weapons" along with China and Russia, a stance the Japanese government has not officially acknowledged. "The ...

Jessica Pegula knocked podcast pal and defending champion Madison Keys out of the Australian Open on Monday to secure a quarterfinal against Amanda Anisimova, another all-American match. Their ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's stepson Ken Yamamoto, 41, who has decided to withdraw from the upcoming House of Representatives election, after senior officials of the ruling Liberal ...

More than 30 years after Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon first sparked a global phenomenon and established the fighting magical girl genre, the franchise continues to evolve with the opening of a new ...