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Australia's right-wing One Nation party vows to fight mass migration after winning first lower house seat
10 May 2026 @ 12:18 pm
Australia's right-wing populist One Nation party, which wants to emulate U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive deportations, vowed to focus on ending mass migration, after winning its first seat…
Three men sent to prosecutors for robbing 167 vacant houses in 11 prefectures
10 May 2026 @ 7:35 am
Three Thai men in their 30s have been sent to prosecutors in Ibaraki Prefecture, for breaking into vacant houses and stealing cash and valuables, worth a total of…
Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki, known for 'Ring' horror trilogy, dies at 68
10 May 2026 @ 7:34 am
Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki, best known for the Ring series of horror novels, died on Friday at a hospital in Tokyo, his publisher said. He was 68.
A…
Bus driver in fatal highway crash in Fukushima had history of accidents
10 May 2026 @ 7:34 am
A 68-year-old bus driver arrested over a recent fatal crash on an expressway in northeastern Japan had been involved in repeated traffic accidents earlier this year, an investigative…
Man arrested over death of woman whose body was found in Osaka hotel room
10 May 2026 @ 7:34 am
Police in Osaka have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of robbery and murder after a woman’s body was found in a hotel room on Saturday morning.
Police…
Death toll rises to 14 in Pakistan suicide attack
10 May 2026 @ 7:20 am
The death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan rose to 14 police officers, authorities said early Sunday. A self-proclaimed breakaway group of…
Putin says Ukraine war winding down; blasts West for backing Kyiv
10 May 2026 @ 2:50 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said the war in Ukraine was winding down, slamming Western support for Kyiv, as the first day of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was…
Woman robs taxi driver in Nagoya
9 May 2026 @ 8:47 pm
A taxi driver was threatened and robbed of cash by a woman who refused to pay her fare in Nagoya on Friday.
According to police, the incident occurred…
Police cracking down on outdoor seating in Tokyo’s liveliest street market neighborhood
9 May 2026 @ 8:46 pm
There are two sides to Tokyo’s Ueno neighborhood, both literally and figuratively. Head out one side of the station, and you’ll find yourself in Ueno Park, a sprawling park that’s…
Japan's top tourist destinations concentrated in Kyoto, 6 other prefectures
9 May 2026 @ 8:45 pm
Top destinations for inbound tourists are heavily concentrated in just seven of Japan's 47 prefectures, including Kyoto and Hokkaido, which collectively accounted for 72 of the country's top…