Industry professionals and visitors explore the Mech-Mind Robotics booth during the second day of the Smart Factory & Automation World 2026 (AW 2026) at Coex in the Gangnam district of Seoul, South ...

Google will lower the lucrative fees imposed on its Android app store and offer a way for rival options to gain its stamp of approval, ending a bruising legal battle that led to one of several rulings ...

A manners poster on the wall of a Tokyo subway station reminds passengers to cover their mouth when they sneeze or cough. Experience advanced hybrid design combining spring support and foam layers for ...

The World Health Organization chief said on ‌Thursday that it has verified 13 attacks on health infrastructure in Iran amid a U.S.-Israeli campaign and it was checking ‌reports that four healthcare ...

A Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) sank in the Mediterranean on Wednesday after what Moscow ‌described as an attack by Ukrainian drones launched from Libya. The Arctic Metagaz sank ...

U.S. and Israeli air strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliation in the Persian Gulf have heightened tensions across the Middle East and raised concerns about global energy supplies. For Japan, the ...

More than 200 people died on Tuesday in a landslide triggered ‌by heavy rains at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's mines ministry ‌said on Wednesday. A ...

A Japanese startup on Wednesday made a last-minute decision to cancel its postponed launch of a small rocket, a flight that would have made it the first private entity to put a satellite into orbit on ...

Police in Iga City, Mie Prefecture, have arrested a 58-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 84-year-old mother at their home. According to police, Akie Kawai is accused of strangling her mother ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has dismissed a 52-year-old police sergeant for photographing 20 female corpses he examined and taking the image data home. According to police, the police ...

Arrangements are being made for French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Japan later this month to hold talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the areas of regional and economic security, ...

The Nikkei stock index ended down over 3 percent on Tuesday, extending its losses in afternoon trading, as investors offloaded stocks on concerns over the conflict in the Middle East and surging oil ...