The underrated Setouchi region of Japan is known for its sake distilleries, onsen culture, powerful history, scenic train rides, and year-round mild weather.

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- China warns against revival of ...

Three years after Connecticut became the third state to require Asian American and Pacific Islander history in K-12 education, a developed curriculum is being put into motion. For now, instruction is ...

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito's documentary, “Black Box Diaries,” has finally premiered in Japan after facing legal hurdles.

How Takaichi’s government addresses the implementation gap for existing laws will define whether her historic appointment ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the catchphrase of the year for her pledge to "work, work, work, work and work ...

Devices that conceal unwanted noises are the next frontier in advanced toilet technology. Would you like some peaceful ...

Ikuko Yamazaki, 62, has been using social media to advocate for the succession of the emperor's first child regardless of ...

It was a Thanksgiving miracle. An elderly woman miraculously only suffered minor injuries Wednesday after a freight train slammed into her car along a New Jersey highway — and dragged it for a quarter ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she'll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the sumo ...

FILE - Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, on Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool) TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi ...

More than 30,000 people in France have signed a petition calling for women-only train carriages, after a young woman recounted her attempted rape on a Paris commuter train. The petition has “provoked ...