A liquefied natural gas tanker arrives from Sakhalin-2, a project in Russia’s Far East, in Tokyo Bay in April 2009. The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:45 JST, May 28, 2026 Senior Japanese government officials ...

Amid ongoing turmoil in the global economy over the securing of crude oil and other energy resources, China — a major producer of critical minerals — is intensifying its economic coercion by ...

Typhoon Jangmi, also known as Typhoon No. 6, is moving northwest over the waters east of the Philippines on Thursday. It is expected to develop further as it continues moving northward and may ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country’s newly created agency that ...

Suspicions about quality irregularities have now come to light at major motor manufacturer Nidec Corp., after its accounting irregularities were uncovered. How did the pressure exerted by Shigenobu ...

Fujitsu Ltd. has teamed up with U.S. artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC to provide high-level AI services for corporate and other clients, according to Fujitsu. Under the agreement formed ...

Chinese farm owner Zuo Xiaoyong was stunned to see his job ad for shepherds to work in the remote and rugged grasslands south of Mongolia becoming the day’s top trending social media post.

The U.S. military carried out new strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation that posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said, hours after ...

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Rising healthcare and consumer stocks lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday to a record closing high, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were steady, as investors took a pause from the AI ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed that stalkers be fitted with GPS devices in order to protect victims.

An ordinance requiring that animals be declared when brought to the Ogasawara Islands has come into effect, in an attempt to preventing damage to endemic species.