IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Team USA defeats Japan in women’s curling 01:33 UP NEXT Team USA’s men’s hockey defeats Denmark 00:58 Crew-12 arrives at International Space Station 00:39 Team USA’s Maxim Naumov honors his late parents at the Olympics 01:35 Stolz breaks…
The fishing boat tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection inside Japan’s territorial waters, authorities say.
Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner could secure as many as 366 of the 465 seats in the lower house, according to public broadcaster NHK. Listen to this article | 4 mins info Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s party is set to win 274 to 328 of the 465 seats in Japan’s lower house of…
Observers say Sanae Takaichi’s personal popularity may boost the ruling party’s showing at the polls.
Ilia Malinin‘s quest for Olympic figure skating gold might not be so easy after all. The same goes for his American team. Yuma Kagiyama landed a pair of near-perfect quads, one in combination with a triple toe loop, and the Japanese star scored 108.67 points for his short program Saturday night. That topped Malinin in…
The United States is developing plans with Mexico, the European Union and Japan to implement minimum prices for critical minerals, the U.S. trade representative said Wednesday. The Trump administration is exploring a partnership with Mexico on critical minerals as part of a scheduled review of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, or USMCA, by July 1….
The Japan Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2026 Japan Prize at 1:00 p.m. on 21 January 2026. Prof. Cynthia Dwork (USA) has been awarded the Japan Prize in the field of Electronics, Information, and Communication. Prof. Shizuo Akira (Japan) and Prof. Zhijian “James” Chen (USA) have been awarded the Japan Prize in the…
Japan has suspended operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant, hours after its restart, its operator has said. An alarm sounded “during reactor-start-up procedures” at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in Tokyo but the reactor remained “stable”, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) spokesperson Takashi Kobayashi said. Reactor number six restarted on Wednesday a day later than planned due…
Getty Images The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant has the world’s largest installed capacity Japan has restarted operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster forced the country to shut all of its reactors. The decision to restart reactor number 6 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa north-west of Tokyo was…
The Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, this afternoon received H.E. Ms. Ayano Kunimitsu, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of #Japan, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The Chairperson welcomed Minister Kunimitsu & underscored over three decades of strong AU-Japan cooperation, notably through the TICAD process, hailing TICAD 9 held in…
