Asia Japan Celebrated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki won the first Golden Globe for 'The Boy and the Heron', a film based partly on Miyazaki's childhood and the first in a language other than English to win the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film
Asia Japan Protesters rallied near the Niigata prefectural government building before voting took place in the prefectural assembly on a partial restart of the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's largest, closed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster
Asia Japan Portable power banks catching fire in Japan have more than doubled between 2020 and 2024; public and private sectors have begun strengthening safety measures and efforts to raise public awareness amid a series of incidents in public spaces this year
Asia Japan 294.198 people have been learning Japanese language in Japan according to a recent government survey on 2.669 facilities, showing the need to offer more opportunities to cope with rising demand; two-thirds were foreign students, with China leading
Asia Japan To help trap bears, troops have been deployed in the north after local authorities said besieged communities are coping with an unprecedented wave of attacks, over 100 nationwide this year; the operation began in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture