1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (630+ words) June 10, 2026 at 17: 05 JST An aerial view of new cars awaiting export to oversea markets is seen at a port in Shanghai on March 10. (Chinatopix via AP) HONG KONG--China's passenger car exports jumped 73% year-on-year in May to around 809, 000 vehicles, an…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (66+ words) June 3, 2026 at 13: 13 JST Italy marked this year's Festa della Repubblica, or Republic Day, on June 2, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the historic referendum held on the same date in 1946. [Read More] After typhoon-led flood warnings, Tokyo braces for rainy season Typhoon…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (549+ words) June 1, 2026 at 12: 32 JST A worker takes a rest at a factory making steel bike rims for export to U. S. , in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on April 11, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP) BEIJING--China's'factory activity was flat in May, according to an…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (962+ words) June 1, 2026 at 07: 30 JST SINGAPORE--American allies stressed the need for unity at a top defense conference Sunday, saying that as threats increasingly transcend regions, cooperation is more important than ever, even as Washington has become more critical of its traditional…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (512+ words) May 29, 2026 at 10: 25 JST LONDON'Temu was hit with a 200 million euro ($232 million) fine Thursday after a European Union investigation found the Chinese online retailer failed to protect consumers from illegal products like toxic or hazardous toys and unsafe electronics. The 27-nation…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (621+ words) June 17, 2021 at 12: 45 JST BEIJING--A Chinese nuclear power plant near Hong Kong had five broken fuel rods in a reactor but no radioactivity leaked, the government said Wednesday in its first confirmation of the incident that prompted concern over the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (460+ words) By YOSUKE TAKASHIMA/ Staff Writer November 26, 2024 at 17: 22 JST The Fair Trade Commission opened an investigation into Amazon Japan on Nov. 26 on suspicion the e-commerce giant violated antitrust laws by pressuring sellers to lower prices and use its services, sources said....

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (72+ words) May 12, 2026 at 10: 15 JST HONG KONG--China's exports of passenger cars surged in April, an industry group said Monday, as its carmakers push to expand in overseas markets as domestic sales continue to fall. [Read More] Hokkaido town outraged after 58 prisoners…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (432+ words) December 24, 2024 at 16: 18 JST The Queen Beetle high-speed ferry heads for Nagasaki on a limited-time domestic service run on Aug. 11, 2022. (Eiji Hori) A high-speed ferry service connecting Fukuoka and Busan, South Korea, will be discontinued after the route was suspended and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (81+ words) December 19, 2025 at 07: 20 JST Finnish lawmaker Juho Eerola's slanted-eyes gesture (Captured from his Facebook account) HELSINKI--Finland's far-right Finns Party said on Thursday it had reprimanded two of its lawmakers who posted derogatory images widely seen as offensive to Asians. [Read…...