Photo: Dale Baskin On a recent trip to Japan, I found myself in one of those situations universally dreaded by travelers: ...

Ghanaian media personality Berla Mendi turned 38 on April 1, 2025. This is the renowned sensation's first birthday after her ...

In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the “oshikatsu” phenomenon as a growing driver of consumer spending — and 24-year-old Momoka Matsui is one of many doing her part to ...

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it’s ...

A newly released Japanese government report warns that a long-feared massive earthquake in the nation’s Nankai Trough could ...

Japan’s export-dependent economy has also been hit by slowdowns in overseas demand, as well as rising material costs, worsened by the weakening yen. The U.S. dollar has been trading near 150 yen, up ...

A catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar killed more than 2,000, buckled roads and collapsed buildings in the country's largest ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited a biofuel ethanol plant in southwest Iowa Monday morning. Rollins toured ...

Up to 298,000 people in Japan could die in a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, a revised estimate by the government's earthquake task force showed Monday, with efforts to mitigate damage ...

The dollar edged higher for the session, but fell 2.9% for the quarter.

NEW YORK >> The safe-haven yen rose today, but was slightly softer against the dollar as uncertainty around U.S. tariffs kept ...