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Asian shares retreat after Alphabet and AI stocks nudge Wall Street to more records
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 16:25Asian shares retreated on Friday after Wall Street inched to more records as gains for Alphabet and artificial-intelligence stocks helped offset a steep tumble for EV-maker Tesla. Japan’s…
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Tokyo stocks open lower as gains locked in
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 16:23Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday as investors locked in gains after the Nikkei index rose more than 2,000 points over the past two days following a Japan-U.S. trade…
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Top Japan, S Korea diplomats to pursue stable development of ties
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 16:21Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his new South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun agreed Thursday to work together to promote the stable development of bilateral relations and maintain…
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S Korean military plane entering defense zone 'regrettable': Japan
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 16:15Japan's top government spokesman said Friday it is "regrettable" that the Self-Defense Forces were forced to scramble fighter jets after a South Korean military airplane entered the Japanese…
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Film sheds light on unsung nurse heroes of Nagasaki A-bombing
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 16:09In the immediate aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japanese medical teams put aside their own safety to aid in relief efforts and tend to…
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Ichiro attends opening of Japan-linked Hall of Fame exhibit
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 16:02Ichiro Suzuki on Thursday attended the opening of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's latest exhibit celebrating Japanese connections to the game, along with Hideo Nomo…
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Okinawa theme park opens with higher entry fees for overseas guests
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 16:00New theme park Junglia Okinawa opened Friday in southern Japan with the price of general admissions for visitors from overseas set some 27 percent higher than for residents…
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4 women arrested in Tokyo's Kabukicho district for soliciting foreign tourists for prostitution
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 15:49Police in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward have arrested four women in their 20s on suspicion of soliciting foreign tourists for the purpose of prostitution. The four women were arrested…
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'South Park' co-creator jokes he's 'terribly sorry' over premiere that drew White House anger
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 15:48“South Park” co-creator Trey Parker had the briefest of responses Thursday to anger from the White House over the season premiere of the animated institution, which showed a…
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First half net profit plunges 22% at French luxury group LVMH
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 15:46French luxury group LVMH saw net profit plummet 22 percent in the first half of 2025, the company announced Thursday, blaming the plunge on an "unsettled economic and…
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Elon Musk's Starlink network suffers rare global outage
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 15:46(Reuters) -SpaceX's Starlink suffered one of its biggest international outages on Thursday when an internal software failure knocked tens of thousands of users offline, a rare disruption for…
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Japan beats Turkey to reach Nations League women's semis
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 15:44Japan advanced to the Nations League women's volleyball semifinals by defeating Turkey three sets to two on Thursday in Lodz, Poland. The Japanese, who finished runner-up to Italy…
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Surging Blue Jays beat slumping Tigers in a matchup of 1st-place teams going in opposite directions
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 15:44Ernie Clement and Joey Loperfido hit back-to back hit home runs in the fifth inning to help the surging Toronto Blue Jays rout the slumping Detroit Tigers 11-4…
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Tropical storm adds to Philippines' weather toll with 25 dead and 278,000 evacuated this week
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 12:54A tropical storm was blowing across the Philippines' mountainous north Friday, worsening more than a week of bad weather that has caused at least 25 deaths and prompted…
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Thailand, Cambodia exchange heavy artillery fire as fighting rages for second day
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 12:53Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire on Friday as their worst fighting in more than a decade stretched for a second day, despite calls from the region…
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US lifts sanctions on Myanmar junta allies after general praises Trump
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 12:42The United States on Thursday lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals, two weeks after the head of the ruling junta praised President Donald Trump…
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Hulk Hogan, who helped turn pro wrestling into billion-dollar spectacle, dies at 71
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 11:15Hulk Hogan, the American sports and entertainment star who made professional wrestling a global phenomenon and loudly supported Donald Trump for president, has died at the age of…
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Britain, Australia to deepen AUKUS commitment, economic ties
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 10:09Australia and Britain's defence and foreign ministers arrived for talks in Sydney on Friday on boosting cooperation, including deepening the two countries commitment to the AUKUS nuclear submarine…
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Thailand F-16 jet bombs Cambodian targets as border clash escalates
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 07:49A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia, both sides said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes on Thursday that have killed…
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Sony to take stake in Bandai Namco in anime business partnership
Fri, 07/25/2025 - 07:20Sony Group Corp. will take a 2.5 percent stake in major Japanese toymaker Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. for 68 billion yen ($464 million) as they joined hands in…
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