The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25-4.50 percent for a fifth straight ...

Japan's oldest person, Miyoko Hiroyasu, a 114-year-old woman in Nakatsu in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has died, the ...

Japan on Wednesday issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay around 100 million yen ($676,000) in ...

Liverpool came from behind to beat Yokohama F Marinos 3-1 in an international club friendly on Wednesday, claiming victory in ...

"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle" Breaks Records with 9.1 Million Viewers and 12.87 Billion Yen Box Office in ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its group companies sold a record 5.54 million vehicles worldwide in the first half of 2025 ...

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A record 40.5 percent of fathers with infants in Japan took paternity leave in 2024, climbing for the 12th straight year and ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. Japan hit by tsunami as high as 1 meter ...

Demand for rice in Japan in the year through June was 7.11 million tons, 380,000 tons more than initial government ...

Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it will end production at a plant in central Mexico by the end of fiscal 2025 as part of ...