A significant aging problem in the nation's business sector is becoming apparent, with the average age of Japanese company chief executives having increased for 33 consecutive years as of last year, according to recently released research. This trend suggests challenges lie ahead in ensuring a smooth business succession to the next generation of leaders.
30-Across: "___ and dry food (categories I will now be using to describe human food. Oh, so suddenly it’s weird?)”
The 2025 Osaka World Expo could significantly boost the economic importance of the Kansai region, the chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation said in a recent interview.
Arthur Mensch, tall and lean with a flop of unkempt hair, arrived for a speech last month at a sprawling tech hub in Paris wearing jeans and carrying a bicycle helmet. He had an unassuming look for a person European officials are counting on to help propel the region into a high-stakes match with the United States and China over artificial intelligence.
Three Japanese parliamentary by-elections will formally kick off soon, giving voters an opportunity to evaluate the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida regarding its response to the Liberal Democratic Party's high-profile funding scandal.
Iran on Sunday urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a strike that destroyed its consulate building in Damascus earlier this month.
Japan strongly condemned a retaliatory attack by Iran on Israel, calling it an escalation of events and saying it was deeply concerned at the situation, in a statement released by the foreign minister on Sunday.
People flocked Saturday to a train station popular as a cherry blossom viewing spot in Ishikawa Prefecture, despite it having been hit by the powerful New Year's Day earthquake.
Foreign pavilion construction for the 2025 World Exposition is progressing slowly with only one year to go before the start of the event in the city of Osaka.
A ceremony was held Sunday to remember the 276 victims of a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck primarily in Kumamoto Prefecture eight years ago.
The nation's transport ministry plans to revise its guidelines around June on airport operators' business continuity planning (BCP) in order to enable the facilities to handle evacuees smoothly in times of disasters.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday condemned Iranian attacks on military facilities in Israel, pledged a coordinated Group of Seven diplomatic response and said the United States had helped Israel take down "nearly all" of the attacking drones and missiles.
More than 25 years ago, O.J. Simpson was found liable in civil court for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, her friend, and was ordered to pay more than $33 million to their families.
Two days before former President Donald Trump was booked at an Atlanta jail on his fourth indictment, he held an event at his golf club in New Jersey for another group of people facing criminal charges: rioters accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Australian police have identified a 40-year-old man who suffered from mental illness as the perpetrator of a Sydney shopping center stabbing rampage that killed six people and left several more in critical condition.
Early signs suggest Israel’s vaunted air defenses passed their biggest test yet, repelling an unprecedented barrage from Iran.
Traveling around Japan, I come across what feels like an infinite number of dishes unique to different regions. It’s something I love about the country, but even more impressive is when something transforms from a regional quirk into its own dish entirely.
The cherry blossoms in Nakameguro have mostly disappeared and so, too, the milling crowds. Now the rest of us can get back to enjoying quiet strolls along the Meguro River. No need for those ad-hoc street stalls. Plenty of good refreshments await once you get to Ikejiri-Ohashi. Destination: Massif.
The tale of Japan’s most famous spaghetti dish is worth repeating.
Iran launched attack drones and missiles against Israel in apparent retaliation for a strike in Syria that killed top Iranian military officers, marking what’s likely to prove an unprecedented assault that raises the risk of a wider regional conflict.
