Plan to release emergency rice reserves fails to halt price surge
The government’s decision to release stockpiles of rice has failed to stem surging prices of the Japanese staple in central ...
Teens arrested over Rakuten ID theft with help from ChatGPT
The Metropolitan Police Department on Feb. 27 arrested three teenage boys on suspicion of using stolen IDs and passwords to ...
China says it opposes latest U.S. tariff threat after Trump sets Tuesday deadline
BEIJING--Beijing said on Friday it opposed President Donald Trump’s latest threat to slap an extra 10% duty on Chinese ...
Japanese stocks see largest weekly selloff in 5 months on rising yen, tariff woes
Japanese stocks saw the largest weekly foreign outflow in nearly five months totaling 1.04 trillion yen ($6.95 billion), hit ...
Gaga’s kissed teacup displayed for 2011 quake anniversary
SENDAI—A teacup bearing the scarlet kiss of international icon Lady Gaga is now on display at the Miyagi prefectural ...
AI bill seeks government authority to probe developers
To curtail harmful applications of artificial intelligence that may violate human rights, spread misinformation or break laws ...
Firefighters from eastern Japan tackling Ofunato forest fire
About 1,600 firefighters from 12 prefectures in eastern Japan were battling a forest fire here on the afternoon of Feb. 28.
Founding family abandons buyout of retail chain Seven & i
The founding family of the company that is now Seven & i Holdings Co. has abandoned a buyout plan to prevent a hostile takeover bid by a Canadian convenience store chain.