TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's gamble on a snap election has paid off with a decisive win for the nation's first female leader. Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition has ...

The October 2023-announced Uta no Prince-sama: Shining Live for Nintendo Switch will launch in 2026 in Japan, Broccoli announced. The Switch title adapts the mobile game Uta no Prince-sama: Shining ...

Kenshi Yonezu’s domination of the Billboard Japan Hot 100 continues as “IRIS OUT” holds at No. 1 on the chart released Jan. 7. The Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc theme stays atop the tally for a ...

Tendon Kohaku — one of the biggest Asian restaurant chains to debut on the Eastside in recent years — plans to expand to Seattle’s Chinatown International District in 2026, according to a liquor ...

NHK Kōhaku Uta-Gassen (NHK紅白歌合戦, "NHK Red and White Song Battle"), more commonly known simply as Kōhaku, is an annual New Year's Eve television special held on December 31 every year, and produced by ...

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday local time, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches in Pacific coast communities, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency ...

A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, injuring more than two dozen people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people. The ...

When Vitalik Buterin walked on stage at Devcon 2025 to demo Kohaku, he summed up Ethereum’s situation bluntly. The network has strong security and privacy research and solid layer-1 security. But it ...

The 76th Kohaku Uta Gassen is bringing major K-pop names to Japan, including aespa, ILLIT, and &TEAM. This powerful lineup will be taking over the stage on December 31 at 7:20 PM Japan time to mark ...

Ethereum devs have introduced Kohaku to enhance wallet privacy and security with modular tools, zero-knowledge recovery options and decentralized transaction handling. Ethereum developers unveiled ...

Section 1. Background. On July 22, 2025, I announced a framework agreement between the United States and Japan (Agreement), which lays the foundation for a new era of United States-Japan trade ...