Japan will allow riot police to shoot bears with rifles in a revision of its strict gun laws announced on Thursday as authorities battle a record number of fatal attacks. Bears have killed 13 people ...

Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) will assist local authorities in northeastern Japan in combating a surge in bear attacks that has resulted in multiple human deaths, officials said on Tuesday. Japan ...

Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has called on the new administration in Tokyo to grant the Bank ...

Japan is deploying its military amid a flurry of deadly bear attacks in its mountainous regions. The country has seen a record number of attacks, with 100 people injured and 12 killed since April, ...

President Donald Trump and other leaders gather for a family photo during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct.

The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients – revving up their immune systems to help fight tumors. People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were ...

Veteran politician Ichiro Ozawa said he would not resign as party leader despite the indictment hours earlier of a top aide in a money-for-influence affair that has rocked his Democratic Party of ...

Federal authorities said a government body would buy up to 20 trillion yen ($3 billion) worth of stocks held by banks, in an attempt to spur more lending by easing the strains on banks' financial ...