The government has decided to regularly distribute additional portions of its emergency rice reserves until summer after a ...

BEIJING–Three Japanese hairdressers were detained by Chinese authorities here on April 8 on suspicion of working illegally, ...

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Japan has seen a sharp rise in whooping cough cases with the number of patients recorded in the first three months of this year surpassing the entirety of those in 2024.

The government plans to provide cash handouts, likely 50,000 yen ($344) per person, to ease the burden of the higher cost of ...

A startup has applied for approval to manufacture and sell sheets of human heart muscles generated from iPS cells that can be transplanted into patients with severe heart failure.

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will begin a test run this autumn of facial recognition ticket gates to allow passengers to walk through without needing to stop or use physical tickets.

Rice prices across Japan climbed for the 13th consecutive week, even as the first wave of the staple crop from the government ...

BANGKOK--Asian and European shares slid on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 closing almost 4% lower after launch of the ...

SENDAI--In response to soaring living costs, an initiative that provides warm and nutritious meals to struggling residents ...

FRANKFURT--Global stock markets extended a severe plunge Monday, fueled by fears that U.S. tariffs would lead to a global ...

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