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Nagoya - A court on Wednesday convicted a former company president for recruiting people in 2020 to forge signatures required for a referendum to remove governor Aichi Hideaki Omura, saying the accused "shed light on democracy ".The…

For years, Amazon.com Inc.'s white collar workers accused the company of using opaque “rank-and-yank” performance reviews to periodically eliminate its workforce. Now, a proposed law in Amazon's home state of Washington could make it…

Washington - It was a watershed moment: Joe Biden swore in a scorching speech on the one-year anniversary of the Capitol Riot to defend American democracy from mortal danger, while also hooking up his predecessor, Donald Trump. But…

Websites that publish manga comics without the artist's permission remain commonplace in Japan, posing a serious problem for cartoonists, especially beginners.It is estimated that manga sales in the country reached a record high of…

WASHINGTON - The United States was on heightened alert for school violence on Friday after rumors of potential shootings spread on TikTok, although authorities said no credible threats were found.Some schools - already on the alert…

OSAKA - The Japanese government said on Wednesday it had agreed to pay damages to the wife of a former finance ministry bureaucrat who alleges her husband committed suicide after being ordered to falsify related documents allegations…

The health ministry on Wednesday presented a proposal for public health insurance coverage for fertility treatments from April 2022, including a plan to limit coverage for women to under 43.The proposal was submitted at a meeting of…

Russia on Monday blocked a draft UN Security Council resolution, under negotiation for many months, that would have defined climate change for the first time as a threat to peace.The resolution, which received broad support, is said…

Paris - French police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of being involved in the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but Saudi officials claimed they were holding the wrong man.Investigators sought to confirm that the…

The Japanese Fair Trade Commission said on Monday that Rakuten Group Inc. had committed acts suspected of violating antimonopoly law through the operation of its online shopping site.The company has forced tenants at its Rakuten…

The US Embassy in Tokyo issued a warning Monday about foreign residents arrested and searched by Japanese police in what it called "incidents of racial profiling."The unusual move by the embassy of Tokyo's only official ally came…

Washington - The approach of the United States and Europe towards China is "more and more convergent", declared Friday the American Assistant Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, after meetings with the head of the diplomatic service of…

The past year has seen some of China's most encouraging moves to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions that warm the planet. But an increasingly vocal nationalist faction in society makes some progress difficult.There is a battle over…

James Christie couldn't have known 240 years ago, as he sold masterpieces by Rembrandt and Rubens to Catherine the Great, that his auction house would one day gift virtual monkeys to a crypto company for over a million…

The International Olympic Committee was under siege.Three-time Olympian from China Peng Shuai had not heard from it for weeks after making allegations of sexual abuse against a former senior politician, a man who had played a central…

China links nuclear non-proliferation talks to a Western Submarine Pact in the Pacific it opposes, potentially adding another obstacle to the tortured process of reaching a deal with Iran.Beijing had already emerged as a pillar of…

Miyazaki - Experts are calling for urgent implementation of measures against perpetrators of domestic violence and other measures after a murder last month suspected of being linked to domestic violence.A 45-year-old man, his…

MOSCOW, WASHINGTON - Russia's defense minister accused US bombers of repeating a nuclear strike against Russia from two different directions earlier this month, complaining on Tuesday that the planes were within 12 miles of the…

US companies should be increasingly watched over their stance on abortion rights and whether employee health care plans comply with social responsibility statements as abortion restrictions are challenged in court, according to…

Washington - On the eve of Thanksgiving in 1971, a man in his forties who called himself Dan Cooper approached the counter at the airport and purchased a one-way ticket for the short flight from Portland, Oregon to Seattle.Within…

Kenosha, Wisconsin - A jury acquitted teenager Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday of the murder of two men shot dead during racial justice protests in a ruling that sparked a heated debate over gun rights and the limits of self-defense to…

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan kicked off its presidential campaign on Friday, with four candidates vying to reinvigorate the country's largest opposition party after its poor general election results last month.The…

When a 69-year-old man was arrested on November 8 for attempted arson aboard a shinkansen train in Kumamoto Prefecture, he revealed to police his intention to "emulate" another eight day incident. earlier, when a man stabbed a…

Ossaka - The Osaka District Attorney's Office's special investigative team said on Tuesday it had decided not to indict nine former executives of Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kepco) over gift and salary scandals.The nine include…

NAHA - The central government "aims to proceed on a regular basis" with the relocation of US Marine Corps Futenma Air Base to Okinawa Prefecture, Cabinet Secretary General Hirokazu Matsuno said on Saturday.Matsuno made the remarks…

As Thursday marked a month since taking office, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's international debut was behind him, but a series of domestic issues awaited him.Kishida produced results in his diplomatic debut in Scotland, analysts…

The young woman from Beijing began her article by complaining about online crowd gatherings, where recluses express misogynistic insecurities over the safety of office chairs. As provocative as it was, it could have gone unnoticed,…

Sunday's knife rampage on a Tokyo train by a man disguised as a Joker from the "Batman" franchise was a reminder of just how vulnerable trains and subways are to violent and indiscriminate attacks in a metropolis heavily dependent on…

Traffic accidents involving alcoholic drivers have long been a problem.A 2014 revision of the Road Traffic Act allowed authorities to suspend or revoke a driver's license if the driver is an alcoholic, even if he had not caused an…

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose ruling coalition according to media polls is expected to remain in power in Sunday's general election, appears poised to differentiate himself from his predecessor Yoshihide Suga in order to avoid…

After weeks of bitter recriminations, French President Emmanuel Macron has won a diplomatic victory over Joe Biden that he can take to the bank six months from an election.On the eve of the Group of 20 summit in Rome, the US…

The United States issued its first US passport with an "X" gender marker, recognizing the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, the State Department said Wednesday.The department said in a statement that it would…

Washington - US President Joe Biden has pledged to adopt the toughest environmental policies in the country's history, but his plans appear dead on arrival thanks to a senator who pocketed a fortune on fossil fuels.The $ 150 billion…

Leigh-on-Sea, England - The assailant who fatally stabbed UK lawmaker David Amess has been referred to an official counterterrorism program for those at risk of radicalization, media reported.Police said on Saturday night that…

KOBE - Police apprehended the ex-husband of a 28-year-old woman on Saturday who was stabbed to death the day before at his apartment complex in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, NHK reported, citing sources of investigation.The…

Orange, California - Former US President Bill Clinton's health is improving, but he will stay in a California hospital for at least another night to receive intravenous antibiotics for a urologic infection that has spread to his…

Documentary "I Am Greta", about Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, opens in Japan later this month, about a year after its theatrical release and on streaming services in much of the rest of the world .Given that the…

Microsoft Corp. LinkedIn is closing a localized version of its professional networking platform in China, becoming the last major U.S. social media provider to pull out of the country and marking the demise of a rare U.S. tech…

The main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, pledged Wednesday to revive Japan as a nation "of the whole middle class" by promoting the redistribution of wealth.In its political pledges for the October 31…

Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy party will not participate in the upcoming "patriotic-only" parliamentary elections after none of its members meet the party's deadline for candidacy on Monday.The move means that the December…

The political leaders of the ruling and opposition parties, in a television broadcast on Sunday, stressed the need to promote the distribution of wealth in order to revive the economy, which has been damaged by the coronavirus…

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, comes at a time of growing assaults on an independent press around the world, as authoritarian governments expand their reach and the slogan of…

Thanks to global coverage of the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential race last month, the coalition of opposition parties that have formed in anticipation of the upcoming Lower House elections has so far attracted few people.…

A Nihon University board member is believed to have received tens of millions of yen out of some 200 million yen allegedly diverted from the university in a possible breach of trust case, said Wednesday from investigative sources.The…

Demand for coal and natural gas has surpassed pre-COVID-19 highs, with oil not far behind, reducing hope that the pandemic would accelerate a faster transition to clean energy from fuels fossils.Global natural gas shortages, record…

Shizuoka - A transgender man from central Japan filed a request with a court on Monday to change his gender in his family registry without undergoing gender reassignment surgery as currently required by law.General Suzuki, 46, who…

Naha - Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki faces a crucial moment ahead of the upcoming gubernatorial elections slated for fall 2022, following a shrinking base of support including both Tories and Elders. reformists.Monday will mark the third…

Manila - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that he would not run for vice-president in 2022 and will step down from politics, potentially paving the way for his daughter to run for the country's top…

Yokohama - A former nurse at a Yokohama hospital pleaded guilty on Friday to serial hospital murders in 2016.At the first hearing of a trial before a lay judge at Yokohama District Court, Ayumi Kuboki, 34, admitted to killing two…

The United States has responded to one of China's main demands for better relations with the release of a top executive from Huawei Technologies Co., paving the way for better relations at the cost of appearing to reward Beijing for…

Baghdad - War-scarred Iraq will hold parliamentary elections next month, but Sajad, a 23-year-old man sitting with his friends in a Baghdad cafe, doesn't care."I see the posters of politicians in the street, but I do not know the…

A lawsuit has been filed in a Tokyo district court against a man from Kanagawa Prefecture who ran a website displaying a Google map with the names, addresses and other information of bankrupt people.In the lawsuit, two people who…

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has suspended adding freed prisoners to its list of people tracked at its stations by security cameras using facial recognition technology, after starting the practice this summer, he said. we learned…

US President Joe Biden will set a new direction for global vaccine allocation this week, hosting a summit on vaccine shortages in poorest countries as the US prepares to give booster doses to millions of fully immunized Americans.The…

Expanding access to COVID-19 vaccines and tackling the growing dangers of climate change is expected to dominate a week-long United Nations meeting in New York that is taking place in person after going entirely virtual in 2020.More…

Wataru Takeshita, who led a major faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has died at the age of 74, NHK reported on Saturday.Takeshita died at his home in Tokyo on Friday, the state broadcaster said, citing unidentified…

KUALA LUMPUR - With six countries accounting for more than 80% of new coal projects planned globally, winning pledges to cancel these projects could help the UN climate summit COP26 in Scotland in November to 'put the energy of coal…

The US Navy sailed a warship on Wednesday near a Chinese-controlled island in the disputed South China Sea for the first time since Beijing began implementing a law requiring foreign ships to give notice before entering the waters it…

North Pole - A huge icebreaker makes its way through the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, leading the way to the North Pole, all white as far as the eye can see. But even here, the impact of climate change is being felt.Dmitry…

While dozens of pro-Chinese lawmakers in the Hong Kong legislature rose in May to praise a bill giving Beijing an effective veto over the city's election candidates, only one lawmaker condemned this decision."Cronyism will be the…

Since his first day in power, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had sought to eradicate the coronavirus and revive the country's battered economy.But he was never close to achieving either of those goals.In the end, relentless public…

Since Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali's death in a Nagoya detention center on March 6, the Japan Immigration Service Agency has come under heavy criticism for the way it allowed the 33-year-old Sri Lankan to perish in detention…

GENEVA - The number of disasters, such as floods and heat waves, caused by climate change has quintupled over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $ 3.64 trillion in total losses, said Wednesday a United…

BEIRUT - This month's hard-hitting report from the United Nations Climate Science Panel sounded the alarm on the growing impacts of global warming, but its independent authors and researchers said it was not providing enough…

TOWNSHEND, Vermont - Now that so many sad truths about Afghanistan are being told out loud, even in the mainstream media, let me add one more: the war, from start to finish, was political, not in Afghanistan but in the…

Hong Kong - China's plan to extend its anti-sanctions law to Hong Kong is a new compliance headache for international banks already caught in the deterioration of relations between Beijing and the major Western powers, analysts and…

The deadly floods that changed life in China and Germany were a stark reminder that climate change is making weather conditions more extreme around the world.At least 25 people in central China's Henan Province died Tuesday,…

Washington - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit China this weekend to deal with deteriorating relations, the two countries said on Wednesday during the highest-level visit under President Joe Biden.The journey…

Washington - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will visit Southeast Asia later this month, the Pentagon has announced, a trip that will include stops in the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, according to the US Embassy in Hanoi.…

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday said he would seek another term as chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the party's next leadership race, saying his plan was "no surprise".Regarding the declining approval…

Last month, Aera magazine told this story: A 39-year-old woman working in her Tokyo apartment was interrupted by a hum from the intercom. The appellant was furious. "Would you kindly stop pacing like this all day?" Noise, noise,…

Sri Ganganagar, India - It's hard to beat the ruthless heat in the desert town of Sri Ganganagar in India, a reality facing millions of people across the vast country as the climate changes over the coming decades.While people in…

Washington - Record-breaking heat wave that hit the western United States and Canada at the end of June would have been "virtually impossible" without man-made climate change, according to an analysis by a group of prominent…

The government on Wednesday appointed Koji Yano, director general of the budget office of the finance ministry and former assistant to prime minister Yoshihide Suga, as the country's new top finance official.Yano, 58, will succeed…

Sydney - Japan's ambassador to Australia expressed hope for increased defense cooperation between Tokyo and Canberra, saying the two countries must work together to prevent the Indo-Pacific from becoming a "lawless jungle" .In an…