Japanese whalers brought ashore their first catches Monday as they resumed commercial hunting after a three-decade hiatus, brushing aside criticism from activists who say the practice is cruel and outdated. Five vessels set sail under grey morning skies from northern Japan’s Kushiro with their horns blaring and grey tarps thrown over their harpoons. The hunts […]

Five vessels from whaling communities left port in northern Japan’s Kushiro with their horns blaring and grey tarps thrown over their harpoons. By Monday afternoon, a first whale had been caught.

(Bloomberg) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe praised warming ties with China on Xi Jinping’s first visit to the country in a decade, even as he raised a long list of complaints including unfair business practices and Chinese coast guard activity around disputed islands.Xi met Abe shortly after arriving in Osaka on Thursday, as Asia’s […]

Vladimir Putin’s plans to return Russian athletics to the global stage has taken a hit after fresh allegations that top officials forged medical documents after a high jumper missed a drugs test.

Trump doubled down on his criticism of Democrat Joe Biden, telling an international audience he agree with an insult from North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

Melania, 49, and her husband, President Donald Trump, 72, will be spending Memorial Day weekend in Tokyo during their four-day state visit.

The US Navy has ended operations assisting Japan’s search for a stealth fighter jet that crashed in the Pacific, after some of its debris was recovered. “A US Navy salvage team aboard a contracted vessel completed its mission supporting search and recovery operations with the Japan Self-Defense Forces,” the US 7th Fleet said in a […]

The above technologies check off many characteristics of conceptual sixth-generation fighter jets—(though optional-manning and drone-control have yet to be mentioned), and are individually pretty impressive. However, integrating them into a capable flying platform poses a much greater challenge, as does mass-producing them in a cost-efficient manner. The U.S. F-35, for example, suffered many delays and […]

Warner Music Japan released a touching animated video for Ed Sheeran’s track “Supermarket Flowers” from his record-breaking album ÷ (Divide). Award-winning manga artist Yoriko Hoshi created the stunning visual by hand-drawing over 600 frames which feature Sheeran interacting with his cats Dorito and…

The fighter jet went missing around 7:30 pm (1030 GMT) Tuesday as it was flying some 135 kilometres (85 miles) east of Misawa, northeastern Japan, on a training mission.