ANA Holdings Inc and Japan Airlines Co on Monday said they will raise fuel surcharges for international flights beginning May, a month earlier than previously reported, to counter the recent…
MACHINE-PROCESSED new Japanese tea leaves from central Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture fetched a top price of 1.18 million yen ($7,400) per kilogramme at the season’s inaugural auction on Monday. The green…
POPE Leo XIV condemned exploitation and corruption by the rich and powerful on Monday during a visit to Angola’s diamond-rich northeast, returning to a theme of his 11-day tour of…
A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.7 struck northeastern and northern Japan on Monday, prompting the country’s weather agency to issue a tsunami warning and a special advisory regarding…
THE Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) has announced that the Myanmar U17 Women’s Team departed for China on 18 April to undergo final preparations for the upcoming 2026 AFC U17 Women’s…
SUZANA Carvalho, a resident of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, stood before a robot resembling a sleek vending machine. About five minutes later, she smiled as she held a steaming cup…
CHINA’S major film studios are changing how they measure the value of a movie — moving away from a near-total dependence on theatrical ticket sales towards a broader model built…
“THE Super Mario Galaxy Movie” — based on Nintendo’s popular video game franchise — topped North America’s box office for the third week in a row, industry estimates showed Sunday.…
MORE major Japanese companies plan to reduce the number of new graduates they hire from fiscal 2027 despite the country’s labour shortage as they turn to digital solutions including artificial…
MALAYSIA’S exports rose 12.7 per cent year on year to 426.53 billion ringgit (about US$107.86 billion) in the first quarter, primarily driven by stronger demand for manufactured goods, particularly electrical…
