New Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te used his inauguration speech May 20 in Taipei to deliver a clear message to Beijing and ...

大島紬（つむぎ）の職人の家に生まれ、伝統工芸が身近だったという松元由紀乃さん。日本の地場産業の販路を海外に広げるサポートをしようと日本とシドニーでSimply ...

Yu Darvish dominated a slumping Braves offense and extended his career-high scoreless innings streak to 25 while earning his ...

From January through March, 21,716 people in Japan died alone at home, said the National Police Agency on May 13. Nearly 80% ...

主に配信やDVD（ブルーレイ）の映画やドラマの字幕翻訳を手掛ける浜本裕樹さんは、中学時代はアルファベットが覚えられず、英語の授業を受けたくないと教師に訴えたほど。英語を学ぶ面白さを知ってからは、映画やドラマを見ては「かっこいい言い回し」を辞書で調べる ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was ...

When you think of leafy, walkable holiday destinations, you don’t picture them being in China. But Gulangyu, a tiny island on the country’s east coast facing Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait, will ...

Over 500 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Ever since, art historians have wondered about the landscape in ...

Visit Timur’s mausoleum, Gur-e-Amir, in central Samarkand. It was built in 1403-4 and features beautifully crafted blue tiles ...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst ...

French bakers cooked the world’s longest baguette on May 5, claiming a record Italy held for five years. The French baguette ...

After the long Golden Week holiday period, there was a surge of workers resigning from their jobs through specialty firms, ...