A helicopter carrying two sightseers has gone missing near Mount Aso, one of Japan's most active volcanoes.
The aircraft took off from a zoo in Aso City at 10:52 local time (01:52 GMT) on Tuesday for a 10-minute tour but never returned, BBC (...)
Japan on Wednesday restarted a reactor at the world's largest nuclear power plant nearly a decade and a half after the Fukushima disaster prompted a nationwide shutdown of reactors.
Reactor no.6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant located northwest of (...)
The UK on Tuesday defended its deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius saying it secured the future of a key US-UK military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago.
The British government said the deal was made precisely for national security (...)
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she will dissolve parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early election on February 8.
It was an "extremely weighty decision" that would "determine Japan's course together with the people", Takaichi (...)
China's birthrate fell to a record low last year, deepening a demographic crisis that could drag on the world's second-largest economy for decades.
The Chinese population shrank for the fourth year in a row in 2025, even as Beijing struggles to (...)
Japan and the Philippines signed two defence pacts on Thursday, including a deal allowing their forces to exchange supplies and services, with both countries seeking to strengthen security cooperation in response to rising regional tensions and to (...)
احتفل مسلسل الأنمي الياباني غرندايزر بمرور خمسين عامًا على انطلاقه في عام 2025، مناسبة أعادت هذا العمل الكلاسيكي إلى الواجهة بوصفه أحد أكثر الأعمال الكرتونية رسوخًا في الذاكرة العربية. فعلى امتداد عقود، لم يكن غرندايزر مجرد مسلسل رسوم متحركة، بل (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih said that foreign direct investment inflows have doubled since the launch of Saudi Vision 2030, reaching SR119.2 billion in 2024. Addressing the Saudi-Japanese Ministerial Forum in Riyadh, he said that (...)
HAIL —An agricultural milestone has been achieved in Hail with the launch of the Kingdom's first white strawberry harvest, making Saudi Arabia the third country in the world to produce this rare variety.
Previously limited to the United States and (...)
As with many things in Saudi Arabia, consumer behavior has dramatically transformed over the last decade. Christian Akiki, Managing Director of Philip Morris Saudi Arabia Trading, an affiliate of Philip Morris International observes today's Saudi (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers reaffirmed on Tuesday its unwavering support for continuing ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The Cabinet session, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh, firmly rejected any attempts to (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Space Agency has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Japan on the peaceful use of outer space, strengthening bilateral collaboration in the space sector.
The memorandum was signed on the sidelines of the tenth Saudi-Japanese (...)
France and the United Kingdom have confirmed their intention to deploy their soldiers on Ukrainian soil in the event of a peace deal as part of a broader package of security guarantees for Kyiv to avoid a repeat of Russia's full-scale invasion in (...)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China on Sunday as Beijing looks to deepen ties with the nearby country after heightened tensions between China and Japan over Taiwan, a self-ruled island it claims as its sovereign territory.
China's (...)
A fast-spreading new flu variant is driving a sharp rise in influenza cases across the United States, with health officials warning that infections are likely to continue climbing amid peak holiday travel and gatherings.
The variant, known as (...)
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has joined more than 50 of her fellow female legislators to push for more ladies' toilets in parliament, saying recent increases in women's representation have led to long queues for the bathroom.
Just two (...)
Bulgaria has become the 21st member of the eurozone, bypassing more obvious candidates like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
The lev has been the Bulgarian currency since 1881, but it has been pegged to other European currencies since 1997, (...)
A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast on Monday, injuring at least 30 people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people.
The earthquake struck at 11:15 p.m. local time around 44 miles (...)
Japan has protested after Chinese fighter jets locked radars on Japanese aircraft as tensions between the two nations worsened.
Locking radar onto an aircraft is considered a threat because it can signal a potential attack. Japan said there were two (...)
Japan and Australia called for calm Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets near Okinawa, escalating tensions already heightened by recent remarks from Japan's prime minister on Taiwan.
Defense Minister Shinjiro (...)
Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to confirm their relationship on Saturday after the singer posted photos and videos of the pair together during her tour stop in Japan, marking their first public acknowledgment (...)
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia will face one of the toughest tests of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after being drawn into Group H alongside Spain, Uruguay and Cape Verde, following a high-profile ceremony held in Washington attended by U.S. President Donald (...)
Paris has just been named the most attractive city in the world for the fifth time in a row. The French capital has once again comfortably taken No. 1 spot in the Top 100 City Destinations Index by data analytics company Euromonitor (...)
Ursula von der Leyen has offered sweeping guarantees for Belgium to agree to an unprecedented reparations loan for Ukraine. Belgian authorities say risks could be fatal. EU leaders will gather on 18 December to make a final decision. If no deal is (...)
The releases of at least two popular Japanese films have been postponed in China as the countries are locked in a dispute over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan.
The delayed releases include Cells at Work! and Crayon Shin-chan the (...)
