Born in 1933, the actor was a favorite of Japanese cinema’s golden age auteurs Mikio Naruse (“Scattered Clouds,” 1967) and ...

The shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday flattened buildings across Myanmar, killing nearly 3,000 people and making ...

The higher 'reciprocal” rates are based on a government tally of the levies and nontariff barriers those countries impose on ...

The gaming giant's newest console will retail for ¥49,980 for its Japanese-only version and ¥69,980 for multilingual and ...

The economic and political pillars that emerged after the turmoil of 1998 are in peril. Markets are rightly apprehensive.

Under the name 'Nisui no Takumi,' the blended rice will be sold from around April 10 at some 2,000 stores across Japan except ...

Goro Miyazaki says that though nothing can replicate the depth of his father's work, new technology brings 'great potential ...

Business was already tough for auto parts maker Asahi Tekko, but with U.S. car tariffs due to bite this week, its president ...

Hyogo Prefectural Police said Wednesday they have arrested a U.S. tourist after he reported that he had inadvertently brought ...

The disaster opens up diplomatic channels closed to the junta for four years after it ousted an elected government in 2021 to ...

Beijing carried out 'long-range live-fire drills' in the East China Sea on Wednesday as it held a second consecutive day of ...

According to China’s 2020 census, 61% of babies are born to women aged 20 to 30. But the number of women in this cohort dropped from 111 million in 2012 to 73 million in 2024.