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The possible closure of the plants in the prefecture — Nissan's birthplace — seems certain to provoke a backlash from local communities.

Kim, who inspected anti-aircraft combat and airstrike drills, called for "all units in the entire military" to bring about "a breakthrough in war preparation."

The army said on Telegram it had begun the "initial stages" of the offensive, known as Operation Gideon's Chariots.

Three people were taken to a hospital after a possible gas leak occurred at an oil refinery in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.

Oscar Jenkins, 33, was convicted of being a "mercenary in an armed conflict" by the court in Ukraine's Russian-occupied east Luhansk region.

The president proclaimed a decisive break with decades of U.S. interventionism, promising a new foreign policy based instead on the art of the deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed a $6 billion cut to NASA's budget could upend the Artemis program to return people to the moon.

The announcement comes as PPP's presidential candidate is badly trailing liberal Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung in the polls before the June 3 snap election.

The test made by Fujirebio Diagnostics, a unit of Japan’s H.U. Group Holdings, was cleared for people 55 years and older who exhibit signs and symptoms of the disease.

Noh and kabuki are getting an image update by teaming up with pop culture figures such as Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku and DJ Ken Ishii.

The move that could complicate U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to cut taxes and send ripples through global markets.

In U.S. slang, the number 86 can be used as a verb meaning to throw somebody out of a bar for disorderly. Trump is the 47th U.S. president.

The top court faulted his administration for seeking to remove the Venezuelan migrants without adequate legal process.

Russia is presenting conditions that a Ukrainian source described as "non-starters."

The defense minister said that body parts possibly of a missing crew member of a Self-Defense Force trainer jet that crashed into a lake have been found.

For imperial loyalists of the late Edo Period, the experiences of Emperor Go-Daigo from five centuries past were an inspiration — and a warning.

This is the first time since statistics began in 1951 that southern Kyushu has entered the rainy season earlier than any other region in Japan.

“Of course, we’re all in the shadow of Nintendo, but we’re also here because of Nintendo,” says one British indie game developer.

Officially completed in 1961, the Osaka Kanjosen runs through the city’s most famous and less touristed neighborhoods alike.

The researchers suggested the amber had likely been swept into the ocean by one or more tsunamis, with little contact with air