1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (951+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the BRICS bloc to be a peacemaker in the Middle ‌East conflict, in an address to a summit of member countries in New Delhi on Saturday. China will work with other BRICS members in that…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (417+ words) The Japanese government is seeking talks between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump later this month when she visits New York for the U.N. General Assembly, sources said Monday. Japan is seeking to coordinate with the United States on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (219+ words) A Taiwanese actor and TV host who was summarily indicted earlier this week over the defacement of a treasured stone monument at a western Japan temple apologized on Thursday, expressing deep remorse for causing trouble and harm to the local…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (388+ words) SoftBank Corp said Wednesday it has achieved communications tests of its flying mobile phone base in preparation for commercialization, marking the first successful test in Japan involving a high-altitude platform station flying over the country. According to SoftBank, one of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (635+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he's urging some of his G20 counterparts to take a page from the Trump administration's playbook of using tariffs and other measures to crack down on trade imbalances. Bessent told reporters that he had warned other…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (674+ words) Russia on Tuesday condemned upcoming joint military exercises between Japan, Australia and the United States and said it ‌had formally complained to Tokyo about the deployment of U.S. Typhon missile launchers for the drills, something it said posed a threat…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (148+ words) Japan and France will conduct a joint aerial drill later this month, Japan's Air Self-Defense Force said Tuesday, as part of efforts to beef up security ties amid China's military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. The four-day exercise starting Sept....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (277+ words) The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China passed 1,000 on Tuesday, authorities said, as rescue teams worked to reach communities cut off by the disaster. Nepal’s disaster agency said Tuesday that 987 deaths had been counted there, with 3,916 people…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (520+ words) Japan plans to use drones, artificial intelligence and new methods of warfare as it adapts its defense strategies to suit changing times, according to details of an 8.9 trillion yen budget request for the coming fiscal year disclosed by the Defense…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (192+ words) Japan Today Tochoji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in the Hakata area of Fukuoka Just a short walk from Gion station It was built in 806 by the famous monk Kobo Daishi after his return from China It is one…...