Developer Bertrand Quenin recently released an open-source project called "Interpreter" that aims to provide real-time translation for Japanese retro games. The tool can capture Japanese text ...

TOKYO—In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” topped the charts, and the first Toy Story movie hit the theaters. It was also the last time the Bank of ...

The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

“For nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with malice.” This month China’s armed forces released these verses on social ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to levels unseen in 30 years, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and near-zero ...

The U.S. has appeared to pour cold water on the idea of Japan acquiring its own nukes, after a senior government official who advises Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security expressed a personal ...

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled soaring Japanese tensions with China “preexisting,” reiterating the White House stance that Washington will work to balance relations with allied Tokyo and ...

In 2015, the world’s nations came together under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) and agreed on a plan for building a better global future — the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We are ...

On January 8, the Japan Meteorological Corporation published its second cherry blossom forecast for 2026. Temperatures across the country are expected to be around the same as usual in January and ...

This blood-splattered survival film about a rabies-infected chimpanzee is powered by unabashedly simple pleasures. By Brandon Yu Love grows between a restless travel writer and a contented homebody in ...