YOMITAN, Okinawa — Tsuboya ware, a representative form of Okinawan pottery, is said to have begun in 1682, when the administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom consolidated three kilns from Okinawa Island in ...

Wind and solar power for the first time generated more electricity in the European Union than fossil fuels in 2025, driven by a surge in solar output, data from energy think tank Ember showed on Jan.

The government has decided to require mobile phone service carriers to confirm the identities of purchasers who sign up for data-only SIM cards, in an effort to prevent social media-based fraud.

The world is entering an era of “global water bankruptcy” with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them, a United Nations research institute said on Jan. 20.

The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the ...

Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a ...

Frustrations were bubbling up Friday for the tens of thousands who have been without power for nearly a week in the U.S. South as a new storm looms, including Tennessee’s residents in Nashville, where ...

The Senate voted Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for Homeland Security funding, giving Congress two weeks to debate new ...

Train service on the JR Joban Line remains suspended due to a power outage, with operations expected to resume around 2 p.m.

Watching a live broadcast of the Hakone Ekiden, a long-distance running relay held annually on Jan. 2 and 3, has become a New Year’s tradition in Japan.

An industry group comprising Japanese app developers claimed that measures taken by Apple Inc. and Google LLC violate a new law aimed at facilitating external payment processing, in a statement ...

The Imperial Hotel, Kyoto, will open in the Gion Kobu entertainment district of Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, on March 5.