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Man who stayed at hotel without intending to pay arrested at another hotel in Hokkaido
24 January 2026 @ 8:42 pm
Police in Hakodate City, Hokkaido, have arrested a 50-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of fraud after he spent the night in a hotel and then left the next…
Hiroshima police officer referred to prosecutors for assaulting subordinate
24 January 2026 @ 8:42 pm
Hiroshima Prefectural Police have referred a 47-year-old male police sergeant to prosecutors for allegedly assaulting a subordinate.
A police investigation found that the sergeant had engaged in power…
Lawmaker to launch new party ahead of Feb 8 election
24 January 2026 @ 8:41 pm
Opposition lawmaker Kazuhiro Haraguchi said Saturday he will launch a new party ahead of the general election next month, after he opted not to join the new Centrist…
No request from U.S. to boost defense spending to 5% of GDP: Japan PM
24 January 2026 @ 8:40 pm
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday she has not heard directly from the United States that Japan's defense spending should increase to 5 percent of gross domestic product,…
Wildfire in central Japan brought under control after 16 days
24 January 2026 @ 8:40 pm
A forest fire in Yamanashi Prefecture was brought under control Saturday after burning for more than 16 days, but with no reports of injuries or damage to homes,…
False posts target Takaichi's grandfather on Taiwan social media
24 January 2026 @ 8:39 pm
False claims that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's grandfather served as an Imperial Japanese Army officer during the invasion of China have been spreading on Taiwanese social media,…
'One in a Million': Syrian refugee tale wows Sundance
24 January 2026 @ 8:39 pm
As a million Syrians fled their country's devastating civil war in 2015, directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes headed to Turkey where they would meet a young girl…
Robbie Williams tops Beatles for most number one albums in UK
24 January 2026 @ 8:38 pm
Pop superstar Robbie Williams has surpassed the Beatles as the artist with the most number one albums in the history of the British charts, sales trackers said Friday.…
Toyota recalls 162,000 trucks over faulty screens
24 January 2026 @ 8:38 pm
Toyota announced Friday it would recall about 162,000 pickup trucks in the United States after it was discovered that the vehicles' multimedia displays could compromise driver safety.
The…
Meta pauses teen access to AI characters
24 January 2026 @ 8:38 pm
Meta is halting teens' access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post.
Meta Platforms Inc, which own Instagram and WhatsApp, said…