Japan

Pope Francis is taking his call for artificial intelligence to be developed and used according to ethical lines to the Group of 7 industrialized nations

Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer

American sprinter Christian Coleman believes that Usain Bolt's 100-meter record of 9.58 seconds that has stood for 15 years is within reach and said there are several athletes fast enough to break it.

Air China will buy 100 Comac C919 jets in a deal valued at $10.8 billion based on list prices, giving a boost to the homegrown challenger to Airbus and Boeing.

Two athletes sharing Olympic gold in a near-empty stadium in Tokyo caught the imagination of an expectant audience across the world, which was at the time ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The yen’s relentless decline risks pushing power prices higher for Japan’s households and businesses.

The number of homeless people in Japan fell 8.0% as of January from a year earlier to 2,820, the lowest level since data began in 2003, the health ministry said in a survey report Friday.

Oleg Kan’s business specialised in catching Russia’s Kamchatka crab, or red king crab, a multi-million dollar business

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit France, Brazil and Paraguay from Wednesday through May 6, the government said Friday.

The yen swung sharply from the day’s low to near its high amid jittery trading in the wake of the Bank of Japan’s decision to keep monetary policy unchanged.

A decade ago, pop-punk performer Avril Lavigne came to Tokyo — and drew widespread anger. In hindsight, she simply found herself at a crossroads of how the world viewed Japan.

Japan is gearing up to attract affluent tourists to lesser-known destinations, offering opportunities for an authentic experience of culture, craftsmanship and nature as a record number of foreign travelers come to the country.

When a newly established Lower House committee on political reform gathered for the first time on Friday to lay the groundwork for a revision of the Political Funds Control Law, a sizeable gap between the various parties was readily apparent.

To reach the city of Hachinohe from Tokyo, even the fastest shinkansen takes the better part of three hours. It’s a long ride — a distance of some 400 kilometers in all, almost as far north as you can go on the Pacific coast of Honshu.

In most of Europe and North America, the white breast meat of chicken is more popular, and pricier, than the dark meat. In Japan, the opposite is true.

Japan’s space agency says it's planning to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship rocket is put to the test for a third time

The Denver Nuggets rallied to push LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs on Thursday, while the Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 50 points from Joel Embiid, clawed back a win against the New York Knicks.

The Defense Ministry on Friday announced that five senior members of the Maritime and Ground Self-Defense Forces had been punished over the passing on of secret information to unvetted personnel within their units.

Asian shares are mostly higher despite worries about the economic outlook and inflation in the U.S. and globally

The top diplomats of the United States and China held tough talks in Beijing on Friday, as the rival superpowers sought to clarify their growing differences on an array of bilateral and global issues that could further strain the already tense relationship.