A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. A Zambian woman in her 80s is adored for modelling in striking and playful fashion photographs. A selection of the week's ...

Even though Japan's greenhouse gas emissions have decreased throughout the past decade, air pollution causes over 44 thousand deaths annually. Rapid industrial development, economic growth ...

Planning to visit Japan this autumn for captivating fall foliage? Get ready for a visual feast! As famous as cherry blossoms, Japan's autumn season paints landscapes with breathtaking hues. From ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Voters in Tokyo began casting their ballots early Sunday for an election that might weaken Prime Minister ...

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and ...

National Treasury congratulates Mr Dondo Mogajane on his appointment as the department’s new Director-General. Mr Mogajane joined National Treasury in 1999 as a Deputy Director and has worked in ...

Gary Indiana’s Exuberant Venom The late critic and novelist documented the seedy vanities and sorrows of American life with bitchiness and, sometimes, sympathy.

What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...

“You can feel that this tree is still alive.” Some 140 years ago, laborers on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, soaked a massive felled tree in the ocean for 12 month ...

The question of a just energy transition is top of mind in investment circles as leaders and decision-makers increasingly recognise the urgency of the climate crisis. But the term “just ...

Japan joined the World Bank in August 1952, the year after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in Japan with World Bank loans for the ...