Space junk removal startup Astroscale is targeting a Tokyo listing as early as June, sources said, taking the high-profile venture public in a sector with out-of-this-world prospects and down-to-Earth risk.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is planning to travel to Japan and South Korea this month to discuss responses to North Korea, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago hope that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will bring up the long-unresolved issue during his state visit to the United States next week.
Many local governments in Japan are working to send support to Taiwan, which was hit by a major earthquake on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s punitive actions toward 39 Liberal Democratic Party members caught up in a slush funds scandal was about finding scapegoats and shoring up potential allies for key elections later this month and beyond, experts say.
The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology has apologized and expressed its regret over its past research approach when dealing with the Ainu people, an indigenous group in the country.
A record number of cases logged last year. A fatality rate of 30%. The detection of a new, potentially more virulent strain of bacteria responsible for the disease.
The Metropolitan Police Department has issued a warning to the public regarding a phishing scam targeting individuals with false claims of arrest warrants issued by the Tokyo police.
Multilateralism is waning and one of the world’s leading multilateral institutions, the World Trade Organization, is in crisis, because the United States has been blocking new appointments to its dispute settlement mechanism’s Appellate Body since 2018.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Friday denied former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's involvement in a high-profile slush funds scandal involving LDP factions.
Before we have an anti-aging drug for humans, we’re likely to have one for dogs.
At a temple in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, volunteer residents have rallied to prepare lunch boxes for both their neighbors and fellow volunteers amid the ongoing disruptions to their lives.
A health ministry opinion survey has found some 35% of respondents have prejudiced or discriminatory attitudes toward former leprosy patients and their families.
U.S. President Joe Biden effectively gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum on Thursday: protect Palestinian civilians and foreign aid workers in Gaza or Washington could rein in support for Israel in its war against Hamas militants.
Days after U.S. President Joe Biden joined his election rival Donald Trump in voicing concern about a Japanese purchase of U.S. Steel, the manufacturer began touting the benefits of the deal on billboards near its factories from Alabama to Pennsylvania.
This week, the Liberal Democratic Party formally punished 39 of its members. Those lawmakers were all implicated in a money scandal that has plagued the party since the end of last year. After weeks of deliberation, an ethics committee led by LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi finally rendered its decision.
South Korea is in talks with China and Japan to host a three-way summit in May, Japanese and South Korean media reported, restoring a process that has been on hold since 2019 due to the pandemic and political tensions.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump suffered a pair of legal setbacks on Thursday as judges spurned his calls to dismiss criminal charges over efforts to overturn his 2020 loss in Georgia and his keeping classified records after leaving office.
Hounded by months of deadly Israeli attacks in Syria, Iranian military commanders thought it safe to convene a top-level meeting inside Iran's embassy compound in Damascus, believing it protected by international norms shielding diplomatic missions, according to a dozen Iranian, Syrian and regional officials.
Israel has fallen into Hamas’ trap.
Dan Ariens laid off workers, cut shifts, and halted nearly all hiring last summer after sales slumped at his company, best known for making bright orange snow blowers and lawnmowers sold around the world. Headcount fell 20% to 1,600 people, and he doesn't see business improving until 2025.
A record 7,200 people in Japan served as members of a government-subsidized squad who moved from urban to nonurban areas to work on promoting regional revitalization in fiscal 2023, up by 753 from the previous year, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.
U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that U.S. support for his war in Gaza depends on new steps to protect civilians, a shift in position for the American leader, who has faced increased pressure to take a harder line against Israel amid mounting deaths.
When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday, local official Chang Tung-yao knew exactly what to do, having experienced a similar temblor six years before.
The staggering suffering, death and destruction of six months of war since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack has widened the gulf between Israelis and Palestinians, leaving both feeling that the prospect of peace is ever more elusive.
