A still image from video shows colored synthetic diamonds on display at De Beers’ International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, on Aug. 15, 2016. (REUTERS) A plan to build …
Giant panda Lei Lei walks in a cage after arriving from Japan at Bifengxia Panda Base in Yaan, Sichuan province, China, on Jan. 28. (China Daily via Reuters) BEIJING–Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei …
, urging Japan to stop manipulating on Taiwan question; Chinese expert says Japanese PM builds her risky argument on unfounded assumption Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends the public debate TV Asahi program on …
By Elizabeth Buchwald Hyundai Motor Co. vehicles bound for export await shipment at a port near the company’s plant in Ulsan, South Korea. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg/Getty Images President Donald Trump announced on Monday he is …
Mie Prefecture plans to distribute this questionnaire to local voters to ascertain opinions about hiring foreigners. (Takuya Kitazawa) Mie Governor Katsuyuki Ichimi intends to review the prefectural government’s practice of hiring foreign nationals mainly …
Get insights on Asia’s fast-moving developments General Zhang Youxia is also accused of accepting bribes for official acts, including the promotion of an officer to the post of defence minister, WSJ reported. BEIJING – …
By SAKIKO KONDO/ Staff Writer The alcohol-free imitation beer Sapporo Super Star, developed jointly by Sapporo Breweries Ltd. and Mizuno Corp., is shown in Osaka’s Suminoe Ward on Dec. 16. (Sakiko Kondo) Sapporo Breweries …
Zhang Youxia walks down the podium after addressing the Western Pacific Navy Symposium held in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province on April 22, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP BeijingAP — The Chinese military’s top general …
By AYATERU HOSOZAWA/ Staff Writer Passengers exit a Keihin-Tohoku Line train stuck between stations in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Jan. 16. (Nobuo Fujiwara) East Japan Railway Co. on Jan. 23 blamed human error for …
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, right, speaks at a November 2025 meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers discussing policy toward foreigners while Kimi Onoda, the minister dealing with policy toward foreign nationals, looks on. (Asahi Shimbun …