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President-elect Donald Trump named Sen Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a onetime critic who

This year will be remembered as one in which Japanese were shocked by the growing number of so-called yamibaito ("dark" part-time jobs) -- home invasion robberies farmed out by taskmasters to aspiring criminals via social media.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, longtime political rivals, met on Wednesday for the first time since Trump won back the White House last week and both promised a smooth transfer of power in January.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way for early parliamentary elections in February.

A spokesperson for Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings department store, which is s promoting hot pot dishes and other high-end food products for the year-end and New Year season, a time when many families traditionally get together.

The government is considering offering one-time support payments of 30,000 yen to low-income households exempt from resident tax as part of a stimulus package for Japan's economy, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. There is also a proposal to add 20,000 yen per child to such households with children,…

Police in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, have arrested a 21-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of assaulting his 4-month-old son by punching him in the face at their home.

For decades, the Shibuya ward of downtown Tokyo has had an image as a party place. Things are less celebratory these days, though, as after telling

Police in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 56-year-old woman at a hotel. According to police, Atsushi Egawa, a company employee, who was arrested on Wednesday, used to work at the hotel and was acquainted with the victim, Hitomi Saeki, Sankei Shimbun…

South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday handed a suspended prison sentence to a former lawmaker who was found guilty of embezzling funds while leading a group supporting Korean survivors of Japan's wartime sexual slavery.