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Bessent rules out US currency intervention to prop up J...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday ruled o...

Russia and Ukraine's combined war casualties could reac...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both ...

Court orders state to pay compensation to A-bomb victim...

A Japanese court ordered Wednesday the state to pay damages to the bereaved rela...

Private plane crashes in western India, kills a deputy ...

NEW DELHI (AP) -- A private plane carrying a deputy chief minister crashed in an...

Raising policy rate could curb long-term borrowing cost...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan policymaker said in December that raising the c...

New centrist opposition a wild card in Japan PM's elect...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's new centrist party, formed shortly ahead of a snap gene...

Japan town to cast votes for most popular seafood on sa...

SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- As Japan gears up for an election that Prime Minister Sanae T...

Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politic...

(AP) -- Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White Hou...

PM Takaichi urges criminal penalties for damaging Japan...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Jan. 27 expressed her desire ...

Tokyo stocks drop in morning as stronger yen hits expor...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday morning as export-related issues we...

Hiroshima Carp infielder Hatsuki held for alleged 'zomb...

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Professional baseball player Ryutaro Hatsuki of the Hiroshi...

Japan court orders state to pay compensation to A-bomb ...

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court ordered Wednesday the state to pay damages...

Doomsday Clock ticks closer to catastrophe than ever be...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- A group of scientists on Tuesday moved the hands of the sy...

US sending ICE unit to Winter Olympics for security, pr...

MILAN (AP) -- News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Locals make 'arare' ...

Traditional winter "arare" rice cracker production is underway in the town of Ch...

Fearing China clash, Japan asks fishermen to avoid flas...

Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a frontline defender of Japan's claims to di...