Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, an ultraconservative, has opposed reforming the system that bars women from the throne despite the fact that Emperor Naruhito has no sons
Russian hackers paralyzed the Asahi Group, the largest manufacturer in the country, for two weeks, putting many of its bars and restaurants at risk
The aerospace engineer is the mission director for Ispace. ‘The idea is that by 2040 there will be about a thousand people living permanently on the Moon, and around 40,000 tourists a year’
For 150 years, the bag has been a symbol of childhood. It is handcrafted and used throughout elementary school. The most luxurious models can cost over $1,000
Despite its proximity to the epicenter, the Asian country successfully sent evacuation orders and warnings to alert citizens about a potential tsunami
A study shows that the interjection of suffering, based on the vowel ‘a,’ is one of the most shared expressions in human phonetics
Nearly nine million homes remain abandoned, even in Tokyo, where officials on bikes keep an eye on empty buildings so they don’t pose a threat to neighborhoods
Katsuhiko Akasegawa called the dead-end urban structures he came across ‘thomasson’ after a successful U.S. baseball player who moved to Japan and got nowhere
Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed. Officials warned Tuesday that more quakes could lie ahead
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the two missiles were launched from North Korea’s capital region and were a ‘grave provocation’
Pyongyang has recently escalated nuclear threats and threatened an ‘unprecedentedly’strong response to annual US-South Korea military drills
A report Friday showed that US inflation is continuing to cool, raising hopes for a smaller increase that’s less painful than last year’s aggressive hikes
Conservationists say they are worried the move could be a step toward expanded whaling
With the exception of a couple of interim presidents who held office briefly, the rest of the country’s modern leaders have suffered tragic fates, including jail terms, exile, or death by suicide
The new institution, which adheres to the ‘kawaii’ esthetic, mixes the cute and cheesy with the grotesque. Social media influencers are its target demographic
Hiroyoshi and Tomiko Ishida, 80 and 81 years old, are a legendary couple in the world food scene. They run Mibu in Tokyo, a haven of technical skills and respect for nature for chefs from all over the planet, a place somewhere between a restaurant, a club and a Zen sanctuary
