Does Japan hold the answer to fixing Honolulu’s rail system?

Step outside a train station in Tokyo, and you’ll find all sorts of amenities: neon-lit neighborhoods, shopping malls with ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After Pearl Harbor, Americans Living in Japan Endured Imprisonment, Torture and a Lengthy Battle to Return Home

A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese ...
Yahoo

Russian 'pick-up artist' accused of secretly filming women in Ghana and Kenya

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The man is accused of filming several women during sexual encounters, without their consent. (File picture) [Getty Images] ...
The New York Times

The A.I. Evangelists on a Mission to Shake Up Japan

Team Mirai, a political party founded by software engineers, won 11 seats in Japan’s legislature by promising chatbots, self-driving buses and high-tech jobs. Team Mirai, a political party founded by ...
CNBC

Japan exports growth surges to over 3-year high, up nearly 17% in January, as shipments to China soar

Growth was sharply higher than December's 5.1%, and beat Reuters-polled economists' estimates of 12%. Imports in January fell 2.5% year on year, compared with Reuters estimates of a 3% rise. Japanese ...
AOL

Russian 'pick-up artist' accused of secretly filming women in Ghana and Kenya

The man is accused of filming several women during sexual encounters, without their consent. (File picture) Authorities in Kenya and Ghana are examining reports that a Russian man covertly filmed ...
Reuters

As Japan's Takaichi creates election history, only markets stand in her way

TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The biggest landslide win in postwar history has given Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a huge mandate to revitalise the economy, but investors say she has little room to ...
CNBC

Japan's Nikkei 225 crosses 57,000 for the first time as Takaichi secures historic mandate

Japan equities hit fresh highs Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a landmark election victory. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party captured a two-thirds supermajority in the 465-seat lower ...
Reuters

Shares edge up in thinly-traded holiday markets, Japan data disappoint

LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - World shares steadied on Monday after Friday's drop triggered by AI-related concerns as the Lunar New Year holiday in Asia and Presidents Day in the U.S. made for thin ...
CNN

So-called ‘manfluencers’ are filming themselves trying to pick up women. Smart glasses are their perfect tool

Toluwa was waiting for her flight in an airport lounge in Washington, DC, when she said she was approached by a stranger. The pair got chatting and, after a while, she agreed to exchange numbers with ...
Covers

World Baseball Classic Prediction: Japan is the Smart Money Pick at Prediction Markets Like Kalshi

Japan has dominated the World Baseball Classic, winning three of the five tournaments held since 2006. However, it’s the United States that far and away leads the World Baseball Classic odds, and it ...
Carscoops

China Built The Bronco Pickup Ford Won’t

Chinese automaker Chery is lining up an assault on the fiercely contested midsize pickup segment with a new ladder-frame model due in Australian showrooms in the fourth quarter of 2026. Previewed by ...