Japan's parliament has elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister. On Tuesday, she replaced Shigeru ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

The government had shut down for just less than a week in November 1995 before a temporary funding agreement reopened ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists for unraveling how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our ...

Alcaraz said he has been ‘struggling with some physical issues’ after hurting his left ankle and has chosen to pull out of ...

Holger Rune’s inconsistent form in 2025 continued on Sunday when he was stunned by Jenson Brooksby at the Japan Open. After recording impressive victories against Hamad Medjedovic and Ethan Quinn in ...

Carlos Alcaraz said he had to go on the offensive to protect his injured ankle after beating Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday to reach the Japan Open semifinals. The world No 1 hurt himself during ...

Jenni Lada: Silent Hill f is the third entry with a female lead after Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill: The Short Message. How did Heather and Anita influence Hinako and design decisions for this ...

“One Hundred Poems From Old Japan,” a new translation of the classic “Hyakunin Isshu” by Vancouver authors and translators Mike Freiling and Satsuki Takinawa. (Contributed by Mike Freiling) How does ...

A computational model of the early-to-present-day Universe predicts that some of the first stars formed in structures that challenge conventional classification. Read the paper: The emergence of ...

Noh was once the entertainment of medieval warriors. Today, remote Sado Islanders embrace one of the world’s oldest surviving types of drama. Shinobu Kamiyama, center, playing the tormented ghost of a ...