Новости за 01.04.2024

Japan on Monday began allowing ride-hailing services to operate in four areas including Tokyo and Kyoto, with plans to expand to other regions as early as May in…

A revised Japanese law to address what are deemed as outdated rules on paternity took effect Monday, taking a more flexible approach to designating the legal father of…

The prices of more than 2,800 food and drink items will be hiked in April, the largest increase in six months. According to Teikoku Databank, the price increases…

New recruits at companies, public offices and other organizations in Japan began work Monday, the start of the new fiscal year. Entrance ceremonies were held across the country…

South Korea’s president vowed Monday not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions,…

A Vietnamese man was stabbed on Sunday and is in a critical condition in hospital, police said. According to police, the incident occurred at around 3 p.m. on…

In the coming years, Satoaki Kanoh needs to replace almost a dozen aging machines at his Tokyo-based maker of acrylic panels, a major undertaking that he worries will…

The Japanese government plans to lift restrictions on foreign nursing workers making home care visits to the elderly as soon as fiscal 2024, the labor ministry has told…

The U.S. government is making arrangements for trilateral talks with the leaders of Japan and South Korea in July on the occasion of a NATO summit in Washington,…

The Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ” roared to an $80 million opening on 3,861 North American screens, according…

Police in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 21-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she stabbed her 19-year-old boyfriend multiple times. According to police, the…

Police in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 74-year-old mother at her home on Saturday. According to police, a man called…

Fans bid goodbye on Sunday to a "life-size," moving Gundam model based on the robot featured in the Japanese science fiction anime series, as the exhibition in Yokohama…

Health authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in western Japan on Sunday after the company reported five deaths possibly tied to dietary supplements, an official said. The…

Keita Nakajima of Japan chose to focus on the European tour instead of a smaller American circuit and made the decision pay off Sunday when he closed with…

Jannik Sinner’s strong 2024 continued as he won the Miami Open with 6-3, 6-1 victory over 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday. In a flawless display on a…

Seven young people between the ages of 12 and 17 were wounded in a shooting outside a shopping mall in downtown Indianapolis late Saturday night, police said. Police…

Armed gunmen attacked a group of people in Ecuador ’s coastal city of Guayaquil killing eight people and injuring eight others, the Interior Ministry said, the latest in…

Turks punished President Tayyip Erdogan and his party on Sunday in nationwide local elections that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu…

Pope Francis rallied from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday, making a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza…

A bomb exploded in a shopping area in a northern Syrian city held by pro-Turkish forces Sunday, killing eight people and wounding more than 20, a war monitor…