11+ hour, 17+ min ago   (68+ words) September 11, 2026 at 12:10 JST SEOUL/BEIJING—Coffee bars. Waterparks. Retail therapy. North Korea — a country few would associate with leisure or pleasure — is experiencing an unlikely outbreak of fun. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer: Success of the drum machine possible due…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (57+ words) September 9, 2026 at 16:16 JST The race to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence has entered a new stage and prompted a higher level of worry. [Read More] Team uses AI to study colors seen when black-and-white top is spun Fire destroys shopping street…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (590+ words) September 9, 2026 at 14:50 JST Itsunori Onodera speaks at a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on the Tax System on Sept. 8. (Kohei Higashitani) The government plans to provide cash handouts to lower-income workers and others under a new benefit…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (484+ words) By TAKASHI WATANABE/ Staff Writer September 9, 2026 at 14:31 JST Firefighting foam leaks from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in 2013. (From the Jon Mitchell Collection at the Okinawa International University Library) The Japanese government concealed the U.S. military’s acknowledgement in 2023 that two of its…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (685+ words) September 7, 2026 at 15:12 JST A Japanese official hands over ships to the Fiji coast guard provided under the Official Security Assistance framework. (Provided by Foreign Ministry) The government has clearly laid out its stance of strategically utilizing official development assistance to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (577+ words) September 2, 2026 at 11:05 JST Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during the Taiwan-EU Semiconductor Forum held on the sidelines of the SEMICON Taiwan exhibition in Taipei on Sept. 1. (Reuters) TAIPEI—Taiwan’s semiconductor prowess is built on the foundations of ⁠democracy…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (863+ words) August 31, 2026 at 14:52 JST A majority of voters back the government’s planned consumption tax cut on food items, while an even larger majority want it to clearly explain how the measure would be funded, the latest survey showed. Fifty-five percent of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (441+ words) August 18, 2026 at 12:54 JST The USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched in 1960. A U.S. Navy official boasted at the time that the vessel was capable of circumnavigating the globe 20 times without needing to refuel. The United States currently…...