Asia Japan Nearly a quarter of major companies in Japan are considering raising prices of their products in 2023 or later due to increasing material costs and a weaker yen, a Kyodo News survey showed, while 49% said they were undecided
Asia Japan Ultra-deep-sea quest to mine rare earths triggers a green backlash as an extreme-depth drilling mission is announced to a site around 100km from remote atoll Minamitorishima, the easternmost point of Japan territory, risking a global ‘race to the bottom’
Asia Japan A team representing the United States won the championship of the World Cosplay Summit 2025 in Nagoya; they were clad in popular game characters
Asia Japan For the first time since 2016, a typhoon made landfall on Hokkaido coast; Typhoon Nari crossed near Cape Erimo before weakening to a storm according to the Japan Meteorological Agency
Asia Japan Researchers from major universities, including Tokyo's Waseda, have used prompts in their papers to get positive AI-based reviews, raising concerns about integrity, amid a surge in peer-to-peer review exploitation in academic publishing