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SOLINGEN, Germany – A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three […]

Kyiv – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed more “retribution” against Russia on Saturday and signed a law banning the Moscow branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as the country celebrated its third independence day since the Russian invasion. He also

Iwaki, Fukushima Pref. – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday said that his government will, by the end of this month, reveal a roadmap for additional measures to support fishery operators, which will be included in an economic package to

The infrastructure ministry is considering expanding preferential interest rate measures for Flat 35 fixed-rate housing loans provided by the Japan Housing Finance Agency, which is under the ministry’s jurisdiction, informed sources said. The measures to lower interest rates for those

Kyoto – A team of researchers in Kansai is set to begin clinical trials next month to develop medicine to help grow teeth. The researchers, including from Kitano Hospital and Kyoto University Hospital, will conduct trials for teething medicine, aimed

The concentration of tritium in seawater near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has remained below the maximum limit since the plant started releasing treated water into the ocean a year ago, according to the

Karuizawa, Nagano Pref. – Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, now on a summer break in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, visited the Ohinata settlement in the highland resort town on Friday. Since he was crown prince, Akihito has been a

A 21-year-old former university student implicated in a string of robberies across the country has denied that he killed an elderly woman during one of them in the city of Komae, western Tokyo, in January 2023. While the defendant, Issei