There’s a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become fluent. Many people also assume that it will become much harder to learn a ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not concerned about rising U.S. gas prices driven by the widening Iran conflict, telling Reuters in an exclusive interview that the U.S. military ...

A 69-year-old woman was indicted Thursday for a 1999 murder in Nagoya, central Japan, after a prosecutor investigation concluded that she had the ability to bear criminal responsibility. The Nagoya ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...