Nikkei rises 19% in 2024; highest year-end finish on record (Dec 30, 2024 18:53)
The Nikkei stock index ended the final trading day of 2024 on a down note but, for the ...

Ioka's New Year's Eve bout canceled as flu hits Martinez (Dec 30, 2024 18:43)
Kazuto Ioka's New Year's Eve title rematch against WBA super flyweight champion Fernand...

City at foot of Mount Fuji lost 1 month of winter in past decade due to global warming: report (Dec 30, 2024 16:37)
A city at the foot of Mount Fuji has lost over a month's worth of winter days per year ...

Woman questioned over murder of man at apartment in Saitama Prefecture (Dec 30, 2024 16:37)
Police in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a Chinese woman in her 30s...

3 children fatally beaten at home; mother tries to hang herself (Dec 30, 2024 16:36)
Three children were fatally beaten at their home in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sund...

Nikkei rises 19% in 2024; highest year-end finish on record (Dec 30, 2024 16:34)
The Nikkei stock index ended the final trading day of 2024 on a down note but, for the ...

Osaka makes winning start to season in Auckland (Dec 30, 2024 15:46)
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka made a winning straight-sets start to her sea...

At least 71 killed in Ethiopia road accident (Dec 30, 2024 15:45)
At least 71 people died in Ethiopia when a truck packed with passengers plunged into a ...

Ioka's New Year's Eve bout canceled as flu hits Martinez (Dec 30, 2024 13:54)
Kazuto Ioka's scheduled New Year's Eve title rematch in Tokyo against Fernando Martinez...

4th infant dies of winter cold in Gaza as families share blankets in seaside tents (Dec 30, 2024 12:47)
A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands ...