Jurors hearing the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president could render their verdict in Donald Trump's hush money case as soon as next week, with potentially big implications for the 2024 White House race.
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has created a diplomatic quandary for some key member states: How can they be supportive of both Israel and the ICC?
Japan’s 10-year sovereign bond yield reached the key psychological level of 1% for the first time since the Bank of Japan ramped up unprecedented stimulus measures in 2013.
In the early years of artificial intelligence research, AI technologies were mostly regulated by the limitations of computing power. Data processing was painfully slow by today’s standards and a relatively small group of computer scientists were creating and using nascent AI applications.
A Japanese government panel on Wednesday detailed its plans to strengthen the drug discovery process and deliver the latest medicine to the public, as well as efforts to build a system with a sustainable cycle of investment and innovation.
In a bid to break Apple and Google’s dominance of the smartphone app ecosystem, the Japanese government is looking to change rules on app markets and payments to stimulate competition.
Many Japanese COVID-19 researchers who spoke to the media during the pandemic were harassed or threatened by the public, a new study has shown.
Norinchukin, Japan’s premier agricultural bank and one of the nation’s largest institutional investors, plans to raise ¥1.2 trillion ($7.7 billion) of capital and reshuffle its overseas investment portfolio after losses on its bond holdings swelled.
Norway will recognize an independent Palestinian state in the hope that this will help to bring peace with Israel, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Wednesday.
The United States hopes defense meetings in Riyadh on Wednesday will help advance a long-standing goal of building a regional missile shield, bolstered by Israel's successful defense against waves of incoming Iranian missiles and drones last month, U.S. officials say.
The Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing to death a 19-year-old college student, who is believed to have been his girlfriend, in her apartment in the city of Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture.
The death in a helicopter crash of President Ebrahim Raisi, seen as a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reshuffled the cards in the succession process and increased the spotlight on the Iranian No. 1's, son Mojtaba as a contender.
Sixteen companies at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence (AI) pledged on Tuesday at a global meeting to develop the technology safely at a time when regulators are scrambling to keep up with rapid innovation and emerging risks.
Opposition lawmakers in Taiwan will make a final push on Friday to pass a bill aimed at reining in new President Lai Ching-te’s administration, increasing the likelihood of more large protests.
Vietnam's parliament elected police minister To Lam as the state president on Wednesday, in a move analysts see as a "stepping stone" for Lam to bid later for the position of chief of the ruling Communist Party, the country's top job.
A 2-year-old girl died on Tuesday after her neck was caught in a car window in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Tokyo said on Wednesday that it had protested “extremely inappropriate remarks” by China’s ambassador to Japan earlier this week, which appeared to insinuate that the Japanese people would be “brought into the fire” of conflict over support for self-ruled Taiwan.
When he was a 20-week-old embryo — before he even had a real name — Choi Hee-woo became one of the world's youngest-ever plaintiffs by joining a groundbreaking climate lawsuit against South Korea.
Rohingya activists accused a Myanmar ethnic armed group on Wednesday of displacing thousands of the persecuted minority in the western Rakhine state, after the United States said it was troubled by increasing violence.
Iwao Hakamata, who in a rare example is being retried over a 1966 murder case, will be given a verdict on Sept. 26, the Shizuoka District Court said Wednesday, which could see him finally acquitted more than five decades after he was sentenced to death by the same court.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, which exposed Japanese fishing boats and crews to radiation.
The chef fires up the grill and bastes a chunky whale steak, a Japanese delicacy that could soon appear on more plates nationwide as a new whaling mothership sets sail despite criticism from conservationists.
Men's volleyball is flying high in Japan, with the national team ranked fourth globally ahead of the Paris Olympics and the sport's soaring popularity fueled by a manga blockbuster.
A former member of the U.K.'s Royal Marines, bailed by a court last week over allegations of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services in a Chinese-linked espionage case, has been found dead, British police said Tuesday.
It came as a shock, if not a surprise. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague is seeking arrest warrants, on accusations of war crimes, for not only three commanders of Hamas but also two leaders of Israel, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
