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Some girls are starting to develop breasts as early as age 6 or 7. Researchers are studying the role of obesity, chemicals and stress.

After four years of alliance management chaos under former U.S. President Donald Trump, the language and consideration used during Joe Biden's Asia trip were a ...

Ending subsidies for the international fossil fuel energy sector was already part of a series of commitments agreed to by around 20 countries at last ...

Nippon Steel will need to pass on the sharp cost increases for inputs such as iron ore and coking coal "promptly and fairly,” an executive ...

Toshimitsu Motegi has shown competency not only in international relations, but also as the LDP secretary-general, which will serve his political ambitions well.

With the U.S. being Japan’s only ally, Biden's reiteration that their bilateral alliance is the cornerstone of peace in the Indo-Pacific is more than diplomatic ...

The sector was a major driver of the economy prior to the pandemic, but the government's gradual approach and public division over reopening will stymie ...

With the nation reopening little by little — a limited number of tourists have already arrived on package tour trials — it’s difficult to keep ...

The draft does not specify security threats in the region, but Japan's defense planners have expressed repeated concern about China and North Korea.

Shohei Ohtani allowed five runs and struck out 10 batters in an uneven outing as the Los Angeles Angels suffered a 6-3 series-opening defeat to ...

Colin Kaepernick had his first workout with an NFL team since his de facto exile from the sport in 2016, but the Las Vegas Raiders ...

The world No. 1 wasted little time on court Suzanne Lenglen, showing no mercy as she almost dished out the first 'double bagel' of this ...

Applications will be accepted from the end of May, and the government is planning to begin offering the assistance as early as July.

The device is capable of identifying mutant strains of COVID-19 and can also be configured to detect many types of viruses, including influenza, at once.

The Warriors, chasing their fourth title in eight seasons, won the best-of-seven Western Conference finals 4-1.

Consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 1.9% in May from a year before as the impact of accelerating processed food prices was canceled out by ...

Differing objectives make it all the more difficult to define what victory — or even a muddled peace — would look like.

Companies such as Orix Corp. and Japan Tobacco Inc. have recently decided to scrap their shareholder benefits, which were popular among individual investors.

The few tourists allowed in under a trial program have been subject to tight hygiene measures and close monitoring.

PSG will be the first club from Europe to visit Japan since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Police said emergency services were called early Thursday morning to a hotel in Santo Domingo where they found the actor already dead.

The stakes are especially high as the Chinese Communist Party prepares to hold a twice-a-decade leadership conclave later this year, where Xi is expected to ...

"I went up looking for a pitch I could handle so I could put a good swing on it," Akaminai said. "I hit it how ...

Happy End’s decision in 1970 to play American-inspired yet sing in Japanese proved to be a watershed moment for pop music here.

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration and U.S. allies have been increasingly willing to give Ukraine longer-range weaponry, including M777 howitzers, as Kyiv battles Russian forces.

The simple "da" in Japanese isn't so simple when you delve into the purposes it serves and the ways in you should be using it ...

The top U.S. diplomat’s comments were unusually direct, and his public remarks mirror the administration’s classified China strategy, sources said.

The Japanese director works with an entirely South Korean cast in his new film about so-called baby boxes, where mothers can anonymously abandon their newborns.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that keeping a dialogue with Chinese President Xi Jinping is important in maintaining "constructive" bilateral ties and cooperative relations.

A tourist boat that sank off Hokkaido last month, leaving 14 people dead and 12 missing, was successfully raised to the surface.

Kishida has said that Japan’s strict border controls were necessary to buy time, but the government will ease restrictions from here on.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s five-day trip to Japan and South Korea will be judged a success.

There is no doubt that Joe Biden's remarks that the U.S. would defend Taiwan were not part of a "gaffe" and were very deliberate.

Rising energy prices stemming from the war in Ukraine have stirred debate over nuclear power, but the government would have to bypass its own rules ...

"Hopefully people will not think that I abandoned the Philippines, because I love the Philippines. I also love Japan. "It's still the same me, it's ...

Teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz and No. 3 Alexander Zverev each had to save a match point to advance in Paris.

Kaepernick, 34, has not played in the NFL or trained with a club since becoming a free agent in 2017 after being informed that he ...

Jose Mourinho said that he and Roma had made history after winning the Europa Conference League on Wednesday, the club's first ever major European trophy.Portuguese ...

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, strategy has in large part evolved into attempts at entrapment. But as the encounter at the bridge illustrated, ...

Olena Samoylenko says it was "heartbreaking" to see the destruction in places where she had played with her daughter.

The American League MVP's historic 2021 season has inspired more Japanese players to try walking down their own two-way path.

The U.S. military said in a news release the drill was intended to "showcase combined capabilities to deter and counter regional threats."

The Tokyo District Court ruled that Yoshikawa received a total of ¥5 million from the then-head of Akita Foods between November 2018 and August 2019.

Only the U.S., whose rate and severity of mass shootings is without parallel outside of conflict zones, has so consistently refused to answer those events ...

Alfred Garza III said he was on a lunch break when his daughter's mother told him she could not get her out of the school ...

Kings of the combustion age such as General Motors and Volkswagen are falling behind local players in the booming electric vehicle market in China.

Yu Darvish turned in another quality start but a lack of run support led to his second loss of the 2022 campaign as the San ...

Sagan Tosu foiled an improbable comeback by Kashima Antlers after Masaya Tashiro's last-gasp header left their J. League first-division clash deadlocked 4-4 on Wednesday.A 94th-minute ...

Kazuma Okamoto homered for the second straight night and drove in five runs as the Central League's Yomiuri Giants improved to 2-0 in interleague play ...

While "Inu-Oh" contains good insights into how folk traditions are born, the visuals and music could've benefited from more variety.