When the sun dips below the horizon and paints the sky in shades of gold and crimson, Dubai's vast desert transforms into a playground for thrill-seekers and explorers. (News On Japan)

Brothers Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra fled to Phuket, shortly after the incident last week.

Brothers Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra fled to Phuket, shortly after the incident last week.

The number of teenagers involved in the drugs trade has quadrupled in eight years, the government says.

A government–ruling party panel is preparing to expand the Nippon Individual Savings Account so that even those under 18 can regularly invest in mutual funds, with the goal of making it easier for households to allocate money for education and other expenses and thereby supporting a broader shift from savings to investment; the proposal will be written into the tax reform outline for fiscal 2026, with the revised scheme expected to begin as early as 2027, and Monex Research Institute analyst Naoko Shinoda joined the program to discuss how a child-focused NISA might be used and what it means for Japan’s ambition to become an asset-management nation. (News On Japan)

A regular passenger ferry connecting Okayama City and Shodoshima is set to begin commercial operations using autonomous navigation technology within the current fiscal year, according to an announcement on December 10th by the Nippon Foundation, which confirmed that the vessel Orinpia Dream Seto has been certified by the national government as the world’s first regular passenger ship approved for commercial autonomous operation, a milestone expected to ease the industry’s chronic crew shortages. (News On Japan)

Asahi Beer announced on December 10th that its sales in November fell by roughly 20 percent from a year earlier, marking a deeper decline than in October, as the company continues to feel the impact of a system outage caused by a cyberattack on Asahi Group Holdings in late September that forced restrictions on shipments of gift items such as year-end offerings, while a spike in orders when the company resumed taking requests in October is also believed to have contributed to the downturn. (News On Japan)

A supplementary budget worth 18.3 trillion yen for the current fiscal year was approved by a majority vote in the Lower House Budget Committee on December 11th, backed by the ruling coalition and part of the opposition, and is expected to pass the upcoming plenary session before being sent to the Upper House. (News On Japan)

The levies are set to take effect on 1 January and will apply to goods like cars, clothing and appliances.

A prominent shogi player says current rules force players to choose between their children and careers.

A prominent shogi player says current rules force players to choose between their children and careers.

Experts have called India a hedge against AI - reflecting the absence of Indian companies in the global boom.

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, who has been in hiding since January, arrives in Oslo after a secretive journey.

Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of "international piracy", vowing never to be an "oil colony".

New figures show that 33 of the 113 deaths in custody between last July and this June were Indigenous

New figures show that 33 of the 113 deaths in custody between last July and this June were Indigenous

The special visas will be awarded to those who can show they can make a "substantial benefit" to the US.

The special visas will be awarded to those who can show they can make a "substantial benefit" to the US.

PM Luís Montenegro appears to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling against his government's labour reforms.

Shops, restaurants and even the local council in Lugano now accept the cryptocurrency.