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The company said the rate has been rising over the last decade as it has provided support to help those raising children while continuing to work.

One viewer was left in awe of the all-you-can-eat offering, writing: "It's like every day is Christmas day in Japan."

Japanese officials have vowed a calm and resolute response to increased Chinese naval activity in the East China Sea.

My partner will have no parental rights over our child unless our lawsuit is successful.

President Joe Biden has been working to reorient NATO policies to reflect what he considers a growing threat from China.

Multinational oil corporation Shell is currently invested in the venture, as are Japanese companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi.

Japan's Fumio Kishida and South Korea's Yoon Suk-yeol are among four leaders from the Asia-Pacific to attend the NATO summit for the first time.

"That's a tough neighborhood," joked one TikTok commenter about the viral video.

Tokyo says its forces been tracking seemingly coordinated efforts by China and Russia to circumnavigate Japanese territory this month.

U.S. officials are still watching for what they believe could be North Korea's first nuclear test in five years.

Being able to fully rely on identity check systems is more crucial than ever for public institutions such as airports but also a wide variety of private companies.

Helping Ukraine and tackling Russia will be priorities at the meeting held at Schloss Elmau in Germany's Bavarian Alps.

Chinese and Russian warships have become an increasingly common sight near the borders of Japan's territorial claims.

Tidal power is one of the few stand-out choices available to Japan if it wants to build a renewable and domestic energy supply.

One straw doll carried a note that read: "Vladimir Putin, born 7 October 1952. Pray for his extermination."

Researchers at the University of Tokyo are bringing androids a major step closer by crafting living human skin on robots.

China and Japan are marking half a century of diplomatic relations this year.

Duane Mann, 91, finally finds Peggy Yamaguchi: "I'm here to tell you that I didn't abandon you at all. I just couldn't find you."

'Top Gun: Maverick' had its third-largest Asia-Pacific release in Taiwan's cinemas.

The guest in question told Newsweek he was surprised by the reaction: "There are a lot of mean and judgy people out there."

"Berserk" manga creator Kentaro Miura died suddenly of an acute aortic dissection in May 2021, aged just 54.

America's official policy of "strategic ambiguity" may not be as ambiguous as most people believe.

The new carbon capture system is said to remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere "with unprecedented performance."

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sharply rebuked China for maintaining close ties with Russia as the war in Ukraine continues.

The man, Toko, ordered the costume through a Japanese company to fulfill his "dream of becoming an animal."

"The situation in Ukraine has kind of affected the psyche of the people in East Asia, including Japan, about the possibility of contingency in this region," a Japanese official told Newsweek.

Satellite images from a desert in Xinjiang show a missile target resembling an aircraft operated by the Japanese military.

The president was panned for downplaying the high price at the pump and seeming to suggest it'll hasten clean-energy development.

The Global Times said the U.S. is trying to soften its support of the One China Policy regarding Taiwan.

The U.S. president said the sanctions on Russia serve as a warning to China about what would happen if it tries to take Taiwan by force.