Japan

Video: The city of San Jose in California, the United States, unveiled on Nov. 9, 2019 a memorial park named after late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, who was renowned for her book on World War II history, including Japan's invasion of China. (Xinhua)By help making the Nanjing Massacre widely known in Western societies, Iris Chang made an…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday.Kishida, just returned from a week-long vacation, was due to return to work on Monday with an overseas trip scheduled for later in the week.For the latest headlines, follow our Google…

Shi Yuqi of China returns a shot in the men's singles match against Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand at the Thomas Cup badminton tournament in Aarhus, Denmark, Oct. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)After serving out his 10-month suspension by the Chinese Badminton Association, Shi Yuqi is looking forward to a powerful return and potentially…

Players and staff of team China pose for photos after securing their participation at the FIBA Women's World Cup in Australia by beating Mali 84-64. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)Defending champions the United States led the latest FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Power Rankings, followed by China in second place. The two teams…

About 3,500 followers of the Unification Church from across South Korea, mostly Japanese women married to local men, staged a protest in central Seoul on Thursday against what they call biased Japanese media reports about the religious group. The women, who immigrated to South Korea via mass weddings arranged by the…

Minato, seen here from Roppongi Hills looking towards Mount Fuji, is home to embassies, corporate headquarters and a relatively high number of foreign workers © Getty ImagesAs rents rise across many of the world’s leading cities, prices in the Japanese capital have hardly budged.In New York, the average rent increased 35 per cent in the year to…

Solid profits at major Japanese companies in recent earnings reports are unlikely to translate into near-term wage hikes in broad sectors due to the risk of a global recession, dashing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's hopes for higher pay to blunt the impact of rising prices. The Japanese currency's drop to 24-year lows…

It appears to be the same man from two previous incidents. A video posted on social media appears to show a Caucasian man making racist remarks towards an Asian women at a Richmond Canada Line station. In the video, the man, who claims to be a lawyer, demands to know why the women were not speaking English, making references about…

Japan midfielders Daichi Kamada and Wataru Endo opened their German Bundesliga accounts for the season Saturday as Eintracht Frankfurt and Stuttgart both drew their matches. Kamada hit a 48th-minute leveler for Frankfurt in their 1-1 draw away to Hertha Berlin, slotting home from inside the box at Olympiastadion. Eintracht…

Police in Aichi Prefecture arrested a 42-year-old man on Saturday in connection with the murders of his wife and their two children following the discovery of their bodies earlier this week. Daisuke Tanaka, who had been missing since the bodies were found, turned himself in at a police station on Saturday morning,…