That's the marketing message of Sanseito, a new right-wing populist party in Japan known for its stance against immigrants ...

The effective U.S. tariff rate on all imports rose to as high as 25.9 percent under President Donald Trump, surpassing levels ...

For decades, Japan's defense spending remained around 1% of GDP. Just two and a half years ago, at the end of 2022, the ...

Japan's government on Friday asked major platform operators to help counter harmful social media posts in an effort to ...

In parts of rural upstate New York, schools have more than 1,100 students for every mental health provider. In a far-flung ...

Japan executed a man convicted for the 2017 serial murders of nine people in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, a source close to the ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani is set to start as the National League's designated hitter at the July 15 MLB ...

The mayor and other officials of this eastern Japan city, known for its searing summer heat, got a taste of super spicy food ...

Japan and the United States are arranging for U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make his first visit to Japan early next ...

U.S. President Donald Trump recently justified his country's attacks on nuclear facilities in Iran by likening them to the ...

A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a woman to three years in prison, suspended for four years, for injuring eight students ...

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