7+ hour, 15+ min ago   (541+ words) September 14, 2026 at 12:36 JST Just beyond the bustle of Tokyo’s cosmopolitan Roppongi district at the edge of the pavement stands a small statue of Jizo, the beloved Buddhist guardian figure especially associated with the protection of young children, including those who…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1042+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:25 JST An engineer works among Tiangong Omni humanoid robots in the research and testing area of the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, also known as X-Humanoid, in Beijing on Sept. 4. (Reuters) BEIJING—A week after his robot outran…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (79+ words) September 9, 2026 at 15:29 JST SHANGHAI—A car racing team whose injured driver was rescued by another competitor after a horrific crash in Shanghai on Saturday has called the organizers “grossly negligent in the safety response” and said it is withdrawing from…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (442+ words) By KENICHIRO HATANAKA/ Staff Writer September 10, 2026 at 17:57 JST The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior reaches Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9. (Kenichiro Hatanaka) HAKODATE, Hokkaido—The U.S. Navy minesweeper Warrior entered Hakodate Port in Hokkaido on Sept. 9 for maintenance work by a…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1226+ words) September 10, 2026 at 16:23 JST Japan intends to replace aging nuclear reactors to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels, a vulnerability exposed by the Middle East crisis, but electric utilities remain cautious about the plan. The companies are worried that the…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (541+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:30 JST The FBI, National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint cybersecurity advisory Tuesday that said Chinese AI developers had extracted, or “distilled,” capabilities from some of the most advanced AI models in the…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (629+ words) September 10, 2026 at 12:30 JST BANGKOK—China on Wednesday accused the Philippines of “stirring up trouble” after harsh words from Philippines Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro Jr. over Beijing’s increasingly aggressive pursuit of maritime claims in the South China Sea. Teodoro was addressing…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (402+ words) September 10, 2026 at 07:00 JST Vehicles are stranded by a landslide at a car park serving the 5th station of Mount Fuji’s Fujinomiya trail, a common jump-off point for mountain climbers tackling the iconic peak, as heavy rain fell across parts of central…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (76+ words) September 9, 2026 at 12:27 JST NEW YORK—Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese tech company, faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York over charges that it stole technology, plotted to steal U.S. trade secrets and committed wire and bank fraud, among other…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (577+ words) September 9, 2026 at 15:30 JST Raymond Greene, director of the American Institute in Taiwan, makes a speech at the opening of new exhibition from the New York Met at National Palace Museum in Taipei on June 13, 2025. (Reuters) TAIPEI--Any conflict across the…...