12+ hour, 50+ min ago   (311+ words) September 14, 2026 at 11:00 JST MANILA—A predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines held its first parliamentary elections on Monday, seen as a crucial step in the long quest for self-rule after decades of insurgency and violence. The town of Maluso…...

11+ hour, 14+ min ago   (541+ words) September 14, 2026 at 12:36 JST Just beyond the bustle of Tokyo’s cosmopolitan Roppongi district at the edge of the pavement stands a small statue of Jizo, the beloved Buddhist guardian figure especially associated with the protection of young children, including those who…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (81+ words) September 11, 2026 at 16:47 JST Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter jets (Captured from the ASDF website) A trio of Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets arrived in India for the first time for joint training intended to underscore Japan’s heightened cooperation with like-minded nations....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (62+ words) September 8, 2026 at 16:15 JST BANGKOK—Asian shares and U.S. futures skidded Tuesday as flaring conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer: Success of the drum machine possible due to ‘happy accident’ Team uses AI…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (78+ words) By YUKI NIKAIDO/ Staff Writer August 21, 2026 at 17:12 JST Japan hanged a prisoner on Aug. 21, ending the life of Sunao Takami, a 58-year-old man who killed five people when he set fire to a busy Osaka pachinko parlor. [Read More] INTERVIEW…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (105+ words) September 10, 2026 at 07:05 JST This image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows a plume of black smoke rising from a Saudi Aramco oil refinery, on top, north of Abha, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 8. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) NEW YORK—Oil…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (80+ words) September 11, 2026 at 09:50 JST BANGKOK—Hundreds of people demonstrated outside Israel's embassy in Bangkok on Thursday to demand foreigners show more respect for Thailand's laws and culture as public discontent over bad behavior by visitors has increasingly focused on Israeli tourists....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (203+ words) August 3, 2026 at 15:10 JST Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Invest Myanmar in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Jan. 28, 2019. (REUTERS) Since then, Suu Kyi’s exact whereabouts and health conditions have been difficult to determine, with no foreign leader or envoy having…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (92+ words) September 7, 2026 at 14:05 JST An electric board warns of scheduled train service suspensions in response to the heavy rain at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 7. (Kenta Sujino) Commuters faced major train disruptions to start the work week,…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1042+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:25 JST An engineer works among Tiangong Omni humanoid robots in the research and testing area of the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, also known as X-Humanoid, in Beijing on Sept. 4. (Reuters) BEIJING—A week after his robot outran…...