11+ hour, 20+ min ago   (62+ words) September 8, 2026 at 16:15 JST BANGKOK—Asian shares and U.S. futures skidded Tuesday as flaring conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher. [Read More] INTERVIEW/ Roland 808 developer: Success of the drum machine possible due to ‘happy accident’ Team uses AI…...

20+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1776+ words) September 13, 2026 at 07:00 JST Yume Kitasei, commissioner of New York City’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services, during an interview with The Asahi Shimbun on July 21 (Alexandra Nakamitsu) NEW YORK--In January, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani took office as mayor of New…...

15+ hour, 35+ min ago   (105+ words) September 10, 2026 at 07:05 JST This image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows a plume of black smoke rising from a Saudi Aramco oil refinery, on top, north of Abha, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 8. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) NEW YORK—Oil…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (772+ words) September 10, 2026 at 16:35 JST BANGKOK—Asian shares skidded Thursday following a retreat on Wall Street as the price of crude oil again traded above $100 a barrel. U.S. futures were modestly higher. The price of Brent crude jumped 3.4% on Wednesday, surging above…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (60+ words) September 7, 2026 at 18:26 JST Global shares were trading mixed on Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers’ stocks. [Read More] Team uses AI to study colors seen when black-and-white top is spun Fire…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (559+ words) September 9, 2026 at 12:27 JST NEW YORK—Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese tech company, faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York over charges that it stole technology, plotted to steal U.S. trade secrets and committed wire and bank fraud, among other…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (701+ words) September 8, 2026 at 16:15 JST BANGKOK—China’s exports jumped 25% in August from a year earlier on strong demand for autos and high-tech goods as its record trade surplus widened further, its customs agency said Tuesday. The data was broadly in line with…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (482+ words) September 7, 2026 at 07:10 JST A former Japanese defense minister on Friday described a U.S. decision to sanction the International Criminal Court and its Japanese president as an outright attack on the rules-based international order. Gen Nakatani, a veteran lawmaker in the governing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (116+ words) September 2, 2026 at 06:20 JST A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 5. (ISNA via AP, File) WASHINGTON—The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (931+ words) September 3, 2026 at 11:05 JST PATTAYA, Thailand—There’s no getting around the fact that Thailand’s seaside resort of Pattaya has a lingering reputation for sex tourism, even though that’s only part of the story for the city that’s a major shore leave…...