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 …
Xi urges China, Brazil to better safeguard shared interests of Global South, jointly maintain UN’s core role, intl fairness, justice in phone talks with Lula Leaders’ exchanges inject certainty, stability into a turbulent landscape: …
Restart of No 6 reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant suspended after malfunction related to control rods. The restart of a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant has been suspended in Japan, a day …
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A container port is seen from a helicopter in Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo) Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025, according to government data released …
By MAKOTO ITO/ Staff Writer The exterior of the former Nara Prison. Four of the five cell blocks branching from the central guard tower are now guest suites. (Provided by Hoshino Resorts Inc.) NARA—The …
By Li Zixi Illustration: Chen Xia/GT US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wines and champagne after French President Emmanuel Macron was reported to be unwilling to …
By MIKA OMURA/ Staff Writer Itaru Hori poses with goats in Akiruno, western Tokyo, on Dec. 1. (Mika Omura) Itaru Hori expressed surprise when his goat’s milk cheese earned international accolades, but he also …
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