Japan's midterm corporate net profits rise, but at slower pace
Many major Japanese companies saw net profits rise for the first half of the fiscal year. A weaker yen helped boost earnings, ...
Japan Prime Minister Ishiba in Brazil to attend G20 summit
Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is in Brazil to attend a summit of the Group of G20 major economies. Ishiba arrived in ...
G20 summit in Brazil to discuss poverty, climate change
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies are set to begin discussions on global issues, such as poverty and climate change.
US media: Biden OKs Ukraine's use of long-range US missiles to strike in Russia
Leading American media outlets report that President Joe Biden has authorized the Ukrainian military to use US-supplied ...
Biden, Xi confirm importance of dialogue at summit meeting in Peru
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have confirmed the significance of maintaining bilateral dialogue, ...
Season's first batch of cultured nori seaweed reaped off Japan's Fukuoka Pref.
Farmers have harvested the season's first batch of cultured nori edible seaweed from waters off the coast of Fukuoka ...
Japanese abducted by N.Korea call for quick return of others at annual rally
Former abductees who returned to Japan from North Korea 22 years ago have called for the quick return of those still held ...
Ukraine energy infrastructure targeted in massive Russian missile, drone attacks
Russia has launched large-scale missile and drone strikes across Ukraine. The country's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...
3 dead in pleasure craft, tugboat collision in western Japan
Three people have died after a collision between a pleasure craft and a tugboat in Kasado Bay off Yamaguchi Prefecture, ...
Fire at hospital in northern India kills 10 newborns
A fire at a hospital in northern India has left 10 newborns dead and more than 10 others with burns and other injuries.
Fall foliage and winter cherry blossoms at their best in Saitama
Visitors to a park in a mountainous area of Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, have a chance to view both red maple trees' ...
US media: Biden allows Ukraine to attack Russia with long-range US missiles
American media report that President Joe Biden has authorized the Ukrainian military to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia.