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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim agreed to deepen cooperation on energy and maritime security in their talks in Tokyo on Wednesday as Japan…

More than 10 suspects got out of a minibus and moved through a poor neighborhood in South Africa's biggest city while shooting at residents in a late-night attack…

From explicit calls for murder to sexual harassment, violent threats targeting US lawmakers on Facebook rocketed after tech giant Meta rolled back key content moderation policies last year,…

The bodies of three women in their 20s were found in an apartment in Sapporo on Tuesday in what police believe was a joint suicide. Police said that…

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved on Tuesday a proposed bill that would outlaw desecration of Japan's national flag, targeting passage in the Diet session through mid-July. The…

Police in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, have arrested a 27-year-old Self-Defense Force member on suspicion of assaulting his two-month-old daughter by fracturing her arm. According to police, the incident…

Japanese parliament on Wednesday enacted a revised law to introduce digital textbooks as formal teaching materials at schools, with the education ministry eyeing implementation from the 2030 academic…

Paris will be the setting on the weekend for one of Japan's oldest martial art forms, sumo wrestling, but an unheralded star of the major two-day tournament will…

Jordan Staal scored two goals, including the game winner, as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-3 on Tuesday to pull level in the Stanley Cup…

Even with a shop name like Mayo x Mayo, we weren’t expecting this much mayo. The word “original” has a bit of a different nuance in Japanese. It’s not so much used to describe something revolutionary or inventive so much as something that’s unique to a specific place. So, for example, a restaurant that makes its own roux from scratch, as opposed to using any sort of pre-made version, might boast about its “original curry,” even if the restaurant’s curry itself is pretty orthodox in style. But w

Chinese President Xi Jinping said he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reached ‌an "important consensus" and agreed to safeguard regional and global peace, in a message…

Hundreds of anti-immigrant protesters took to the streets of Belfast on Tuesday, with some setting vehicles alight, after police charged a Sudanese man over ‌a knife attack that…

A federal immigration detention center in Texas erected by the Trump administration failed to issue use-of-force ‌reports, did not give medicine to seriously ill detainees and wasted tens…

The United States on Tuesday launched strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening…

Sure, Starbucks knows how to make a good Frappucino, but do they have what it takes to make good gummies?  Starbucks is known around the world for being a coffeehouse chain that specialises in drinks like the Frappuccino, but here in Japan you can come across some other unique surprises. Right now, the biggest surprise of all is that the chain is branching out into the sweet world of gummies, with a new release called Fruit Gummy. We came across this new discovery when we spotted the sweets ne

Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region killed a pregnant woman and two other people, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, while Russia-annexed Crimea said it…

A public restroom stall shock that had nothing to do with cleanliness. Whether you’re looking for a Pokémon frappe, chocolate chip sandwich, or surprisingly high-quality T-shirt, Japan’s convenience stores have got you covered. As a matter of fact, it can start to become easy to become desensitized to the very wide variety of things you can find in a Japanese convenience store, but earlier this month a customer at one in the town of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture came across something that s

Tokyo’s summer exhibition lineup is looking seriously impressive this year, with museums and galleries across the city hosting everything from immersive digital art and fashion retrospectives to iconic paintings, photography and animation. As the summer heat settles in, there’s no better excuse to head indoors and spend an afternoon exploring Tokyo’s coolest creative spaces. Get your calendars ready, because we’ve rounded up ten of the season’s absolute best showcas

What stars are on your bucket list? Maybe it’s a legendary rock god, a pop star who defined your childhood or perhaps it’s your oshi. If you’ve never encountered Japan’s concert ticket lottery, the process can seem surprisingly confusing. Unlike many Western ticketing systems, where tickets go to whoever clicks fastest, major concerts in Japan often use a lottery system known as a chusen (抽選). Rather than rushing to buy tickets the moment sales open,

“Disclosure Day” invites you into its world with a kick to the face. Or maybe it’s a stomp. Whatever it is, this opening sequence, in a garish professional…