This is the final installment in a series of articles that examines the challenges faced by the nation’s election system, ...

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ROME – As the cardinals walk into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening to open the papal conclave, they’ll chant the ...

Former U.S. Assistant Trade Representative Michael Beeman said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun that Japan should ...

KDDI Corp. has started a service for the direct connection of smartphones with the Starlink satellite network of SpaceX of ...

The government plans to enhance its surveying and research activities on remote border islands using lasers to analyze ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted Donald Trump’s administration to implement his ban on transgender personnel in ...

A train on the JR Sanyo Line collided with a fallen tree in Wake, Okayama Prefecture, on Tuesday evening, leaving passengers ...

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The Trump administration earlier this year urged the Ukrainian government to accept an unspecified number of U.S. deportees ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average edged lower on Wednesday, snapping a seven-session winning streak by the tiniest of margins, as ...