Bandai Co.'s digital pet Tamagotchi, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2026, is experiencing a new wave of ...

Police in Kumamoto City have arrested a 55-year-old man on suspicion of shoplifting a tonic worth 21,000 yen from a drugstore. Hiroshi Hanabusa, a section chief at the Kumamoto Prefectural Board of ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government was disappointed by Trump’s move to raise the U.S. tariff on goods ...

In the bygone age that was 2024, America charged levies averaging just 2% on its imports of goods. In the new era of trade ...

Nippon Steel Corp said it expects to end the fiscal year through March in the red by about 40 billion yen ($265 million), due to a one-off share transfer loss linked to the acquisition of United ...

Hagiuda, also a former LDP policy chief, was known as a confidant of Abe, who once led the party's largest faction that was influential in selecting prime ministers. Abe, Japan's longest-serving ...

A fluffy robot pet equipped with artificial intelligence has proven to be a hit in Japan, as it develops its own personality ...

The National Police Agency (NPA) said last week that the total amount lost by victims of crime rings using unsolicited phone ...