Leaders in string of robberies across Japan used names of warlord, novelist
TOKYO -- Amid a spate of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area, there were also suspected related cases in Tochigi Prefecture and Sapporo, where an
7 Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' groups say Nobel Prize 'not the goal but starting point'
HIROSHIMA -- Seven organizations in Hiroshima Prefecture for hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, held a joint press conference at Hiroshima City Hall
Tokyo stocks up slightly on firm banks, election caution weighs
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks eked out small gains Friday with banks bought on higher interest rates while concerns over political uncertainty weighed
Easy Japanese news in translation: Rice plants hung to dry at fields in Yamagata Prefecture
Kuigake poles are lined up at the terraced rice fields of the Owarabi district in the town of Yamanobe, Yamagata Prefecture. Kuigake are wooden poles
Toyota plans additional investment in Japanese chipmaker Rapidus
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it plans to make an additional investment in Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp., keeping step with the s
TikTok let through disinformation in political ads despite its own ban, Global Witness finds
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even tho
Indian government employee charged in foiled murder-for-hire plot in New York City
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department announced criminal charges Thursday against an Indian government employee in connection with a foiled plot t
Canadian former Olympic snowboarder wanted in US drug trafficking case
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former Olympic snowboarder for Canada has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that shipped vast amounts of cocaine
Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes 'Victory Plan'
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his government has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea
In the campaign's final weeks, Harris is keeping a focus on 'blue wall' states
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- With three weeks left in the presidential campaign, Democrat Kamala Harris is spending most of her days trying to shore up support i
Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over deaths of protesters
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A special court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants on Thursday for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, incl
Tokyo stocks rise slightly led by banks, election uncertainty weighs
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose slightly Friday morning, as banks gained on higher interest rates, while deepening uncertainty over the outcome of
Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies at 31 in Argentina hotel fall
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, whose chart-topping British boy band generated a global following of swoon
Shohei Ohtani homers to lead off NLCS Game 4 for Dodgers against Mets
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani homered against Jose Quintana leading off Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night, putting
US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies accused of helping make Russian attack drones
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against two Chinese companies accused of directly helping Russia build
European Central Bank, seeing no signs of recession, cuts interest rates again
LONDON (AP) -- The European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro currency, does not expect the bloc to slide
Japan, 3 others join NATO defense chiefs amid China, Russia threats
BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- Defense ministers of Japan and three other Indo-Pacific countries joined their NATO counterparts for the first time Thursday in Br