According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 686,061 babies were born to Japanese nationals in 2024, down 5.7 percent, or 41,227, from the previous year. (Japan-Births-2024) SEOUL -- Lee ...

NEW YORK, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis Wednesday predicting President Donald Trump's tax-cut bill will reduce taxes by 3.7 trillion ...

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed recent remarks made by Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities that have been ...

Indonesia holds a three-point lead over China and a seven-goal edge in goal difference. A home win would all but guarantee Indonesia a top-four finish. For China, there is only one way to keep their ...

BANGKOK, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's business sentiment fell slightly in May as concerns over global trade tensions weakened confidence in export-oriented manufacturing sectors, the central bank ...

COLOMBO, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has received 650 million U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first quarter of 2025, Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development ...

Zhang, who led China to the title at the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship in 2024, was a surprise inclusion in the starting lineup by head coach Zhao Yong. The 16-year-old orchestrated ...

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- China's top diplomat Wang Yi met with Yohei Kono, president of the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International Trade (JAPIT), on Wednesday in Beijing.

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Host China kicked off its Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Beijing leg in style with a straight-set victory over Belgium on Wednesday, winning 25-18, 27-25, 25-13 at the ...

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, met with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, special envoy of the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to China, here on Wednesday. Wang, a m ...

BANGKOK, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's manufacturing sector improved for the first time in three months in May as new orders returned to growth, leading to a robust increase in production, a survey ...

TOKYO -- The number of births in Japan in 2024 fell below 700,000 for the first time since statistics were first compiled in 1899, marking a decline for the ninth straight year, government data showed ...