U.S. President Joe Biden blocked Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel citing national security ...

KYOTO--A ceremonial event to mark the New Year featured women in gorgeous Heian Period (794-1185) court attire giving a ...

SEOUL--South Korean investigators again asked the country's acting president on Saturday to order the presidential security ...

The Cabinet Office forecast that demand will outstrip supply in fiscal 2025 to put a brake on deflation. It assessed the gap ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya ...

MITO--Nationality will not be an issue for people applying for clerical positions in the Ibaraki prefectural government, ...

WASHINGTON--Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on what is expected to be his final overseas trip in office this ...

There are countless fixed stars in the firmament, but Sei Shonagon (c.966-c.1025) named only the Pleiades star cluster and ...

A street entertainer who counts Tokyo’s Shibuya as his patch has only nice things to say to the people he meets.

50歳を過ぎた頃、かねて夢見てきた登山ガイドに転職したいという思いが強くなった。相次ぐ山岳事故の報道に接し、「安全な登山のために力を尽くしたい」と考えた。

俳優の 藤原紀香 さんが アフガニスタン やカンボジアを訪ね、厳しい環境で生きる子どもたちを写したチャリティー写真展「Smile Please!～アフガニスタンで感じたこと、カンボジアで考えたこと～」が2025年1月10～21日、 福岡市 で開かれる ...

刑務所や少年院の出所者を雇い、社会復帰を支える「協力雇用主」の活用が伸び悩んでいる。全国で約2万5千社が登録するが、実際に雇用している会社は4％ほど。働く場は更生に不可欠だが、制度をいかに周知させるかなど課題は多い。