By Li Aixin in Washington DC and Deng Xiaciin Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US from September 23 to 25 at the invitation of US President Donald …
By YASUKAZU AKADA/ Staff Writer Singers Miyuki Kamisedo, left, and Shigeko Wakuta perform Okinawan folk songs at the Hello Smile karaoke house in Okinawa city on July 14. (Yasukazu Akada) When Satsuki Agarie plays …
Negative selection at work: Jacques Chirac vs Sarkozi-Macron; Merlel vs Sholtz-Mertz, and now Abe vs Takaichi The Political Implications of Abe’s Assassination By Michael Bosack The assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzō was …
Yoshimasa Hayashi at his final news conference as minister for internal affairs and communications on Sept. 17 (Kenichiro Shino) The primary focus in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet reshuffle was the fate of Yoshimasa …
Data shows that 60% of the world’s caviar comes from China, with Quzhou in Zhejiang Province and Ya’an in Sichuan Province, the hometown of giant pandas, being the major production areas. 60% of the …
China has just opened a new humanoid robot smart factory that can produce one industrial robot every 10 minutes. And here, the robots are being built by humanoid robots. Representative image created using AI …
By TAKASHI YOSHIDA/ Staff Writer A model apartment in Sagamihara’s Midori Ward, Kanagawa Prefecture, showcases a unit in a new building developed by Tokyu Land Corp. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) The average price of …
A Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft at the Air Self-Defense Force’s Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture in September 2023 (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Debris found off Tottori Prefecture could be from a Global …
Parliamentary exchange group set up despite pressure from China’s embassy and public disavowal by Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino By Igor Patrikin China has warned Panama of “serious consequences” after most of the country’s lawmakers …
A TV screen shows a file photo of a North Korean missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 12. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea …