29+ min ago  (170+ words) The Japan Times Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are headed toward a summit next month with a shared desire to stabilize ties That calm is being tested as both leaders rush to shore up strategic vulnerabilities over Iranian oil and…...

31+ min ago  (122+ words) The Japan Times Paris - Images of bareheaded women sipping coffee in cafes in Tehran, in apparent defiance of the Islamic republic's strict dress rule, have stirred interest outside Iran " but for Elnaz, 32, it is no breakthrough.'It is not at…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (87+ words) The Japan Times BUDAPEST " Tax authorities in Hungary have blocked transfers of funds abroad by unidentified people linked to "a top aide to outgoing Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, election winner Peter Magyar said. Magyar, due to be sworn in as…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (151+ words) The Japan Times U. S. and allied threat calculus on the Korean Peninsula is changing "in fundamental ways" as North Korea crafts a new playbook based on what it has learned in the Ukraine war, the head of the U. S. military in South…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago  (305+ words) The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the ceiling on fees for immigration procedures, making it likely to be enacted during the current parliamentary session ending in July. The amendment to the immigration control and refugee…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1085+ words) Four trucks and a passenger bus have just completed a 40, 000-kilometer road trip around Java. The epic journey" a distance equivalent to a circumnavigation of the globe " will help to determine whether Indonesia can deliver one of the world's most…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago  (217+ words) The government is considering creating programs teaching'Japanese language, culture and social rules to foreign nationals and making attendance of the programs a factor in residency screenings, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The government plans to begin the…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (163+ words) The Japan Times Dubai - Two months into a war with the U. S and Israel, Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power " an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran's stance…...

6+ min ago  (133+ words) The Japan Times A laden supertanker linked to Japan appears to have completed a transit through the Strait of Hormuz, in what may be the first successful attempt by an oil carrier from the country to leave the Persian Gulf…...

17+ min ago  (174+ words) The Japan Times American intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if U. S President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that has killed thousands and become a political liability for the White House,…...