WASHINGTON--Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan ...

Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna after winning a major tournament last week. The sinkhole in Yashio city has now grown to the size of a swimming pool ...

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When Nashville was working toward opening its first major art museum, other cities were eager to tap internationally recognized starchitects to design their striking new buildings. Music City, however ...

SCHRODERS plans to cut as much as 3 per cent of its workforce, as new chief executive officer Richard Oldfield looks to revive the UK’s largest standalone asset manager. The firm is cutting about 200 ...

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TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

TOKYO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Kyoto City in western Japan unveiled a plan to raise the ceiling of its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations to 10,000 yen (about 64 U.S.

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

A man who was found unconscious in a house in Kobe on Tuesday died later in hospital, police said. According to police, a man called 110 at around 5:30 p.m. and said “A male acquaintance phoned me and ...