Japan's defense spending and related costs for fiscal 2025 are expected to total 9.9 trillion yen, equivalent to 1.8 percent of gross domestic product three years earlier, Defense Minister Gen ...

Police in Saitama City have arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 15-year-old girl at the entrance to her apartment building on Monday night. According to police, the incident occurred ...

J-pop star Kenshin Kamimura pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault before a Hong Kong court on Tuesday, after he was accused of assaulting a woman at a Hong Kong restaurant in March.

Asian benchmarks mostly rose Tuesday, echoing a rally on Wall Street after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seemed ...

Chinese police in the northeastern city of Harbin have accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) of launching "advanced" cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games in February, ...

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The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won’t comply with the Trump ...

Confusion over President Donald Trump’s tariffs remains following a weekend of questions around trade in consumer electronics. On Friday the Trump administration paused its new taxes on electronics ...

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring ...

Antoine Semenyo struck in the first minute as Bournemouth boosted their hopes of qualifying for continental competition with a 1-0 Premier League victory over fellow European hopefuls Fulham on Monday ...

Luxury giant LVMH saw sales fall two percent to 20.3 billion euros ($23 billion) in the first quarter of 2025 as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs shook the global economy, the company said on ...

The population of Japanese nationals stood at 120.3 million as of October 2024, down a record 898,000 from a year earlier, a government estimate showed Monday, amid the graying of society and a ...