Papua New Guinea marked 50 years of independence in 2025 with an unbroken record of democratic government, even as political stability coexisted with leadership challenges, constitutional reform and ...

Japanese pop group XG has announced a name change a month after one of its members came out as nonbinary. As Billboard reports, the seven-member group’s record label, Xgalx, put out a January 12 press ...

New York City welcomes a bountiful gathering of Off-Broadway stage productions this Spring, focusing on sisterhood, motherhood, and family: Chinese Republicans (Alex Lin, Roundabout Theatre), Meat ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – 2025 is gone, and the new year is here. Festivities are coming down slightly, but at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, we are actually continuing the New Year’s celebration ...

In February 2025, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy conducted live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea, followed by Chinese aircraft carrier deployments to the western Pacific in June. Japan’s New ...

VERONA, Wis. (WKOW) -- A new restaurant is opening its doors in Verona. Yeeshan Asian Eatery welcomed its first customers Friday morning. The founder, Jennifer Li, spent years in the finance world, ...

A new Japanese supermarket is opening in the Bay Area. Tokyo Central will open its first East Bay location in Emeryville. The store offers a range of imported Japanese foods, made-to-order and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are searching for suspects in a string of violent thefts targeting Asian women in Northeast Philadelphia during the holiday season. Investigators say the attacks occurred ...

Tokyo — Nearly 60 women lawmakers in Japan, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, have submitted a petition calling for more toilets in the parliament building to match their improved ...

The demand for hedging the Japanese yen against the US dollar is increasing, and it may be the first sign that rising rates in Japan are beginning to affect the carry trade. Rates in Japan have risen ...