More than 4 in 10 names flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California by the Trump administration cannot be found on the state’s voter rolls, according to a legal filing Saturday by an immigrant ...

The anime market reached ¥4.449 trillion in 2025, up 15.8% from the previous year and surpassing the ¥4 trillion mark for the first time, according to preliminary figures by the Association of ...

Chinese vessels suspected of surveying undersea cables have been spotted near Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines, all situated along the First Island Chain.

The circulation of Shueisha Inc.’s Weekly Shonen Jump manga magazine, which produced numerous popular titles such as “Dragon Ball” and “Slam Dunk,” once boasted a circulation of 6 million copies. Now, ...

ATLANTA — Talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, ended in a stalemate on Friday, with both sides refusing to budge.

Have you ever seen shodo calligraphy performed live before an audience? This summer, at the inaugural national university shodo performance tournament in Osaka, students took shodo out of the quiet ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun Fields of azuki red beans are seen in Memuro, Hokkaido, in early September. The Yomiuri Shimbun . 14:00 JST, November 1, 2026. This is the first article in a s ...

Iranian negotiators held talks in Doha with Qatari mediators on Saturday to discuss paths out of war in the Gulf, a source who was briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, as diplomats try to avert ...

People in costumes crowd the front of Shibuya Station on Halloween night in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday. This Halloween was held during the weekend for the first time in five years.

I’m a man in my 70s. Since my mother, who is in her 90s and has dementia, entered a nursing home several years ago, I have been visiting her every day.

Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto region is part of an ongoing agreement with Pokémon aiming to promote tourism in the area struck by the 2024 earthquake. The initiative has proven to be a success, with one ...

Florian Wiegand/dpa via APA person dressed in a Batman costume stands in front of a burning trash dumpster in downtown Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday. The Associated Pres [posttime] JST, [postdate] ...