A Chinese man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese woman who tried to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to the Japanese government.
A Chinese court said that Zhou Jiasheng, 52, had carried out (...)
Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises accelerated in December.
The move by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to raise its short-term policy rate to "around 0.5 percent" comes just (...)
RIYADH — There has been an increase of 19.7 percent in Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports during November 2024 compared to November 2023. This was revealed in the international trade publication, published by the General Authority for Statistics (...)
World leaders congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration Monday, with many urging stronger alliances or continued cooperation between their countries and the United States, in carefully crafted social media posts and (...)
OSAKA — Saudi Ambassador to Japan and Commissioner General of the Kingdom's Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Dr. Ghazi bin Zaqr attended the International Participants Meeting held from January 15 to 16 at the Himeji Culture and Convention Center (...)
Two lunar landers built by private companies in the US and Japan have left Earth aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of a rideshare to the Moon.
The Falcon 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:09 local time (06:09 GMT) on Wednesday, (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi-Japanese Joint Business Council met in Riyadh on Sunday in the presence of Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Motoo Yuji. More than 80 representatives of entities and (...)
An alleged leader from Japan's Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according to the US Department of Justice.
During an (...)
North Korea has claimed it fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead which "will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region".
The launch on Monday — Pyongyang's first in two months — came as US (...)
RIYADH — The AFC Asian Cup 2027, hosted by Saudi Arabia, will take place from January 7 to February 5, 2027.
The tournament will kick off with the opening match on January 7 and conclude with the final on February 5.
The matches will be held across (...)
France's 'Emilia Pérez' and the American epic 'The Brutalist' dominate in the Film categories, while favorites Shōgun and Baby Reindeer win big in the TV awards. Here's the complete lowdown on this year's Golden Globes and what it all means for the (...)
North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea's military said, in what is Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months.
The missile flew 1,100km before falling into the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's trade balance recorded a 30 percent monthly growth, achieving a surplus of SR 20.769 billion in October 2024, according to the Kingdom's recently released global trade bulletin. This marks an increase of over SR 4 billion (...)
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to kick off the New Year's celebrations, with those in the South Pacific Ocean being the first to welcome 2025.
Auckland was the first major city to count down to the new year. Thousands reveled (...)
Philip Morris International (PMI) successfully hosted its flagship event, Technovation 2024, on December 11 at Jumeirah Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This was the first time the event was held in the Middle East.
The 'Technovation: Smoke-Free (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to implement the "toughest" anti-U.S. measures, state media reported Sunday, just weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House as U.S. president.
Kim's remarks, made during a five-day plenary (...)
Japan Airlines said it was hit by a cyberattack on Thursday, causing delays to more than 20 domestic flights but the carrier said it was able to restore its systems a few hours later.
JAL said the problem started on Thursday morning when the (...)
South Korea has become a "super-aged" society with one in five people aged 65 or older, official data showed Tuesday, underscoring the country's deepening demographic crisis.
The number of people aged 65 and older stands at 10.24 million, accounting (...)
A Russian ballistic missile hit a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing at least one person, according to local authorities. At least 11 others were injured, as Ukrainian authorities condemned the attack on (...)
A dozen years after it broke ground, Vietnam's largest city has unveiled its first mass rapid transit line.
Hundreds of people lined up for the chance to be among the first passengers to board Metro Line 1 as it began operations in Ho Chi Minh City (...)
Drone activity caused officials to close airspace over one of the United States' most critical Air Force bases for almost four hours late Friday and early Saturday, according to a base spokesperson and a Notice to Airmen posted on a federal (...)
Bolivia's judicial elections, the only ones of their kind in the world, are set to take place on Sunday amid widespread voter apathy, political tensions, and accusations of judicial manipulation.
The vote, a partial election for four of the nine (...)
RIYADH — Deputy Governor of the Saudi General Authority of Foreign Trade (GAFT) Farid Al-Asali is leading Saudi Arabia's delegation participating in the first round of negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between GCC countries and Japan, in (...)
South Korea's National Assembly on Saturday debated the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his controversial declaration of martial law, as protests demanding his removal intensified across the country.
The parliamentary vote, likely to (...)
A bear that ran amok in a supermarket in northern Japan has been caught two days after it attacked a worker, the latest in a surge of encounters between bears and people in the country.
The bear wandered into the store in Akita City on Saturday and (...)
