ENTERTAINMENT

Mt. Tsukuba area seeks to carve new future for its hist...

Around Mount Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture lies a major and historic quarrying a...

Hiroshima Castle keep closes, ending 68-year run

The city is considering rebuilding the keep in wood and plans to decide on a dev...

Staff absences soar at some U.S. airports as ICE agents...

Over a third of Transportation Security Administration staff at major U.S. airpo...

Indonesia says no to $1B fee for Trump’s ‘Board of Peac...

Jakarta had only committed peacekeeping troops for the initiative, the country's...

Japan’s residency debate risks turning integration into...

What was once a predictable path toward long-term stability could become a preca...

Germany’s leader is failing his ‘last shot’ mission

But it turns out timid and noncommittal politics don't win elections either. Rec...

Kirishima’s Emperor’s Cup likely seals dramatic return ...

The Osaka championship could prove pivotal for Kirishima, restoring his place am...

Bollywood is no match for India’s new wave cinema

This is the new, multilingual Bollywood, and its main offering is fresh stories,...

Takaichi weathers Trump, but China challenges linger

In her meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi s...

Trump is showing Beijing how to seize Taiwan

Great powers study each other closely, observing the strategies used, the resist...

Naomi Osaka weighs clay court season and motherhood 'di...

Osaka returned to the tour in 2024 ‌after ‌a 15-month break following the birth ...

Targeting Diego Garcia base, Iran sends message about c...

Until now, most had believed Iran — under U.S.-Israeli bombardment since Feb. 28...

French prosecutors suspect Musk encouraged deepfakes ro...

The social media network's Grok AI chatbot stirred outrage earlier this year ove...

The Yokohama DeNA BayStars’ No. 1 fan also happens to b...

Tomoko Namba, the only female owner of an NPB team and affectionately known as "...

U.S. and allies move to build missiles and drones close...

A U.S.-led defense manufacturing partnership said ​it had ‌agreed to set up a ne...

Iran prepared to let Japanese ships transit Hormuz, FM ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said talks have already begun on the iss...