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Ex-Nagano assembly member sentenced to 19 years in pris...
Prosecutors argued that Daisuke Maruyama, 50, was motivated to kill his wife bec...
There is no war on Christmas. There are many.
As usual, our holiday cornucopia overfloweth with litigation.
A holiday season built on creativity and care
Fusing African heritage with Japanese spirituality, our columnist crafted a holi...
Trump upending global politics a month before taking of...
While it’s not unusual for political leaders at home and abroad to jockey for th...
China takes steps against Canada institutions and indiv...
For the two institutions, China said it is freezing their "movable property, imm...
Is Japan finally ready to tap its abundant geothermal e...
Japan boasts the world’s third-largest potential supply of geothermal energy, bu...
A cultural casualty of the war in Ukraine: ‘The Nutcrac...
Many in the art world oppose banning works on the basis of their nationality, be...
Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance...
Part of a stateless ethnic group straddling Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Armenia and Syri...
Can lessons from Iraq's regime change be applied in Syria?
If regional tensions escalate, disruptions to energy supplies could impact globa...
A race to the Blue House or the jail house
Since the end of martial law in 1987, there have been eight democratically elect...
Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine ambassador to Japan
Sergiy Korsunsky played a key role in galvanizing Tokyo’s support for Kyiv amid ...
How Bashar Assad's inner circle fled Syria after his fall
The ousted president was accompanied by only a handful of confidants, leaving bo...
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle wit...
Personal debt is overwhelming an increasing number of Japanese as higher interes...
Chip cities rise in Japan’s fields of dreams
Injections of cash are transforming once-sleepy areas, lifting stagnant house pr...
Japan's SDF to resume Osprey flights
Officials announced the decision after the U.S. military said that its Ospreys w...
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canad...
Pyongyang's provision of troops as well as weapons and munitions that Moscow can...