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Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make housing more affordable
20 January 2026 @ 12:11 pm
President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he's picked a strange backdrop for…
Sightseeing helicopter goes missing in southwest Japan; airframe spotted
20 January 2026 @ 10:15 am
A sightseeing helicopter went missing before noon Tuesday near a volcanic crater on Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, local firefighters and other sources said, with what appears to…
Tourists hit record 42.7 mil in Japan in 2025, despite plunge from China
20 January 2026 @ 10:11 am
A record number of tourists flocked to Japan last year, officials said Tuesday, despite a steep fall in Chinese visitors in December as a diplomatic row between Beijing…
U.S. citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
20 January 2026 @ 9:55 am
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets…
Sheinbaum reassures Mexico after U.S. military movements spark concern
20 January 2026 @ 7:58 am
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum quelled concerns on Monday about two recent movements of the U.S. military in the vicinity of Mexico that have the country on edge since…
Shares in Asia track European markets lower on concern over Trump's push on Greenland
20 January 2026 @ 7:49 am
U.S. futures fell sharply and Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday after U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday.
World shares took…
Ski jumping legend Kobayashi looking for more glory at Winter Olympics
20 January 2026 @ 7:37 am
The Winter Olympic Games run from Feb 6 to 22 in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and Japan will be hoping to match, or even better, its performance in…
Man arrested for posting AI-generated sexual images of female celebrities online
20 January 2026 @ 7:36 am
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 31-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to create deepfake sexual images of female celebrities and posting them…
Takaichi says she will call Feb 8 election for public mandate on whether she should remain PM
20 January 2026 @ 7:33 am
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she will dissolve the House of Representatives on Friday and hold a snap general election on Feb 8, calling on voters to…
Takaichi won't budge over China despite 'coercion'
20 January 2026 @ 7:33 am
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday criticized China over its export controls on key materials bound for Japan as "economic coercion," reiterating her determination ahead of a key…