New moon spacesuit developed by Prada, US startup unveiled
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Italian luxury fashion brand Prada and U.S. startup Axiom Space Inc. unveiled Wednesday the design of a spacesuit they are developing
NATO shows no sign of letting Ukraine join soon and wants more details about its 'victory plan'
BRUSSELS (AP) -- NATO showed no sign Wednesday it would invite Ukraine to join anytime soon as allies sought more information from Ukrainian President
NATO chief looks to talk on defense cooperation with Indo-Pacific
BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- The chief of NATO said Wednesday the defense ministers from the alliance will discuss topics related to defense industrial coopera
Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir in hospital again for lung infection
KUALA LUMPUR (Kyodo) -- Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who turned 99 in July, has been admitted to the hospital for a respiratory t
Harris calls on Republican voters to put 'country first' as Trump woos Latino voters
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) -- Surrounded by more than 100 former Republican office holders and officials, Democrat Kamala Harris urged GOP voters o
Japan PM Ishiba sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, the first day of its aut
Global Perspective: Israel cannot erase Arab people's will by force
By Keiko Sakai, Professor, Chiba University On Sept. 27, Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah, was killed in an Israeli
Almost 96% of 2025 university graduates in Japan receive job offers: company survey
TOKYO -- Nearly 96% of university students scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2025 had received job offers from companies as of Oct. 1, according
Baseball: Hawks overpower Fighters as playoffs' final stages start
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- The SoftBank Hawks hit three home runs and came up big defensively Wednesday to beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 5-2 in Game 1 of the P
Football: Kawasaki's record J1-winning manager Toru Oniki to step down
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kawasaki Frontale manager Toru Oniki, who has won a record four J-League first-division titles, is stepping down at the end of the se
Football: Japan signal post-World Cup progress in Australia draw
SAITAMA (Kyodo) -- While reminiscent of a group-stage defeat at the last World Cup, a 1-1 home draw against Australia in 2026 qualifying provided a fa
Foreign visitor spending in Japan through Sept. surpasses all of 2023
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Spending by foreign visitors to Japan reached 5.8 trillion yen ($39 billion) in the first nine months of 2024, surpassing the full-ye
Israeli strikes kill at least 15 in Qana, a Lebanese town with a dark history of civilian deaths
QANA, Lebanon (AP) -- Israeli strikes have killed at least 15 people in the southern Lebanese town of Qana, which has long been associated with civili
Sprouting hope: NGO head helping Japanese Filipino youth help themselves in both countries
NAGOYA -- Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, is home to both many auto industry-related businesses and a large Japanese Filipino population. As more of their
Shift toward EVs, particularly in China, could disrupt global oil market, energy report says
(AP) -- An increasing shift toward electric vehicles globally, especially in China, is poised to disrupt the global oil market, according to a report