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Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was voted in by parliament as Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday, emulating her hero, Britain’s…
MINANO, Saitama Prefecture--Furniture maker Dani Nehushtai believes the low, round dining tables called “chabudai” best represent his idea for p…
Female surgeons in Japan get fewer opportunities than their male counterparts to perform surgery, more so when it comes to complex operations, a…
Same-sex couples and support groups are calling for systemic fixes to the national census that is touted as “the most important statistical surv…
PARIS--A sushi chef for only a few years, Chizuko Kimura became so adept at the craft that her restaurant here won a Michelin star.
COPENHAGEN--Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, detained in Greenland and awaiting possible extradition to Japan, has appealed to President Emman…
A beloved long-running movie series from Japan about a vagabond peddler that started in 1969 is now winning the hearts of film lovers in France.
BERLIN--Germany will, for the first time, send troops to Australia as part of joint drills with some 30,000 service members from 12 other nation…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday held the first round of government consultations in Tokyo as…
In Colombia, the government has decriminalized abortions occurring until the 24th week of pregnancy. In Spain, the children of abused women are…
Japan, Britain and Italy are expected to reach a formal agreement in December to develop a next-generation fighter jet that will be used by the…
GENEVA--Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his debut feature…
RZESZOW, Poland--Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi reaffirmed Japan’s commitment to help people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when he sa…
BRUSSELS--EU foreign and defense ministers meet on Monday to discuss imposing further sanctions on Moscow, especially whether to introduce an oi…