A growing number of families in Japan are choosing to close down their family graves, driven by factors such as fewer descendants to inherit burial plots and the difficulty of maintaining graves far from where they now live. (News On Japan)

Two foreign nationals have been arrested and indicted for allegedly smuggling an illegal drug known as “zombie cigarettes” into Japan through Kansai Airport, marking the first time a case involving the substance has been uncovered in Osaka, authorities said on January 20th. (News On Japan)

One conservative justice warned that the White House interpretation of the law could "shatter" Federal Reserve independence.

The US pop superstar is among nine songwriters who have been inducted into the 2026 class.

Another eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli artillery and gunfire across Gaza on Wednesday, according to medics.

The move comes as Syrian government forces take control of north-eastern areas where Kurdish-led forces have long controlled.

The move comes as Syrian government forces take control of north-eastern areas where Kurdish-led forces have long controlled.

The BBC's Faisal Islam was in the room when President Trump told his audience that he would not use force in Greenland, but also launched a long argument for why the US should own it.

Japan restarts a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown.

A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.

A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.

An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.

An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.

Some of the president's fellow Republicans oppose him - but it's not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.

Two deadly crashes in almost as many days have inflicted grief, anger and disruption. Two deadly crashes in almost as many days inflict grief, anger and disruption in Spain.

Israel is the latest country to publicly accept an invitation to a new international organisation that many fear may be designed to supplant the UN.

Newly unsealed court documents show Lively criticising the It Ends With Us director.

Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.

Japan restars a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

Some of the president's fellow Republicans oppose him - but it's not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.