The Choshi River is just 17 kilometers long but it's become known throughout Japan as the "Miracle River." Thanks to the ...

We visit a factory making straw hats. Find out how new ideas about design and quality transformed a producer of cheap farmers ...

Britain says it will increase its defense spending to about 80 billion pounds a year, or 2.7 percent of its GDP, by 2029.

The US Supreme Court has upheld state laws that prohibit transgender students who are biologically male from participating in ...

Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will start a three-day visit to New Delhi on Wednesday. She is scheduled to meet her ...

China's new law on ethnic unity goes into effect on Wednesday, drawing concerns that it will be applied to organizations and ...

Paradise in crisis: Fiji's drug, HIV epidemic Fiji has become a transnational hub in the Pacific for illicit drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine. The contraband is now filtering into local society, ...

Japan's Environment Ministry has launched a unified survey method using automatic cameras to more accurately estimate the ...

US and Iranian negotiators are in Qatar to hold talks with mediators. But so far, there are no signs that the two sides will ...

Japan raises its departure tax from 1,000 yen to 3,000 yen, or about 18 dollars, effective on Wednesday. All travelers ...

As part of his push for immigration enforcement, US President Donald Trump has tried to end automatic birthright citizenship ...

Japan's government says the estimated amount of food loss and waste generated in the fiscal year that ended in March 2025 was ...