A major US union representing steelworkers slammed the deal by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy US Steel Corp for $14.1 billion, which was confirmed on Monday just months after US Steel rejected an offer from its main domestic rival.

North Korea has issued formal notice of a satellite launch as early as Wednesday, Japan said, defying warnings from South Korea and multiple UN resolutions banning Pyongyang from using ballistic missile technology.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Japan on Tuesday for a meeting of G7 foreign ministers set to seek a common line on Gaza as calls mount for a ceaefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a stimulus package worth more than $100 billion on Thursday as he tries to ease the squeeze from inflation and rescue his premiership with his poll ratings at a record low.

Fading photos of smiling children still adorn the staircase walls at the Ashigakubo primary school, one of thousands that have shut in ageing Japan over the past 20 years.

The announcement comes after a takeover scheme to delist Toshiba launched last month by a Japan Industrial Partners-led consortium closed on Wednesday.

After SpaceX's rocket exploded spectacularly minutes after blasting off its launch pad, it was the second setback for private space development in a week.

U.S. professional freestyle skier Kyle Smaine was killed in an avalanche while skiing.

A rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering radar satellite was successfully launched on Thursday by Japan.

The much-awaited Nintendo Switch Sports addition, golf, is likely to be added through an update set to come to the console this November.

A man was arrested after he tried to kill a convenience store owner over a cup of coffee.

Analysts are concerned as to why the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continues to flaunt his nuclear arsenal.

A man was arrested after he left his four-year-old daughter unattended in a car parking lot at night to discipline her.

A man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend’s minor daughter for not listening to him.

A man was arrested after he allegedly helped a junior high school student jump to her death from a bridge.

A woman reportedly stabbed her boyfriend to death after an argument ensued between them.

A man allegedly raped his girlfriend after giving her a cup of tea mixed with sleeping pills.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his three children.

A man was reportedly arrested on suspicion of assaulting his wife, after she reportedly asked for a divorce.

Japan held a state funeral for the late and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, an event that was not spared from criticism.

A woman has been arrested after she allegedly abandoned the corpse of her newborn baby boy in a trash container on the premises of a resort hotel in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

A man has been arrested after he allegedly swung his 2-year-old daughter upside down and smashed her head against a table for not eating dinner in Hirataka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. 

A woman has been arrested after she allegedly abandoned the body of her newborn baby boy in a toilet and flushed it in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan on Thursday, Sept. 1.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida committed US$30 billion to Africa on Saturday as they promised to promote a permanent African seat at the UN Security Council.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida experienced low approval ratings on Monday after a failed party reshuffle that attempted to distance itself from the Unification Church in light of Shinzo Abe's recent assassination.

A man has been accused of attacking and brutally punching an 82-year-old woman on a train for not wearing a mask in Fukuoka City’s Hakata Ward, Japan on Sunday, Aug. 21.

China reportedly blasted eleven missiles over Taiwan's capital on Thursday in what is being perceived by many as an escalation of aggression between the two states after a visit from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

A man has been fined for putting his 2-month-old son in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator in a hotel guest room in Fukuoka, Japan for a bizarre photo. The incident reportedly happened inside a hotel room in Fukuoka City, Japan between April 15 and 16, 2021.

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking a woman hostage at an internet cafe in Saitama, Japan last year.

A woman has been indicted for murder after she allegedly killed her 9-year-old son by pushing him to his death from the 23rd floor of a hotel located in Tokyo, Japan in December 2021.