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It has been one month since South Korean President Lee Jae-myung took office after six months of pol
Matcha can do it all: Fixture of the Japanese tea ceremony, beverage of choice for social media's hi
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says global instability is rising. And few people a
More than three years of war between Russia and Ukraine have destroyed many friendships. But the gif
As the international community grapples with how to prepare for the next pandemic, the World Health
What happens if antibiotics stop working? The scientific world describes this threat to global healt
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Japan in April ― six months after he took office ― seeking
Many people in central Myanmar are struggling to survive following a devastating earthquake on March
Washington-based news outlet Radio Free Asia is an empty shell these days. The journalists are gone,
Pope Leo XIV was elected by 133 cardinals from all over the world – including the Archbishop of Toky
Japanese people who once connected with British-French actor, model and singer Jane Birkin say they
South Korea's conservative ruling party is lurching from one crisis to another. It lost its presiden
Vietnamese workers in Japan have been sending out SOS calls. All of them came to Japan under a visa
A possible ceasefire may be on the negotiating table, but many ordinary Ukrainians will still mainta
Gaza schoolgirl Roaa was fostering her passion for Japan and its language ― and then the conflict be
The comic book "Myanmar, the last stand" is rekindling international interest in how people there ar
The cost of putting a bowl of rice on the table in Japan continues to soar, despite the release of m
A piano that was exposed to the blast and radiation from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 80 years ag
An increasing number of male and female victims of sex crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine
The long decline of China’s once-booming property development industry is being felt nationwide, esp
