Gifu Girls High School is aiming to reclaim the national crown at the Winter Cup for the first time in seven years, with the team drawing strength from the remarkable comeback of its on-court leader, who overcame a devastating injury with the support of her family and teammates. (News On Japan)

International betting brand 1xBet has compiled a list of our continent’s top 5 players who have excelled this year. (News On Japan)

The fresh protests are sparked by the death of one of the leaders of protests that ousted ex-PM Sheikh Hasina.

The fresh protests are sparked by the death of one of the leaders of protests that ousted ex-PM Sheikh Hasina.

Claudio Neves Valente is believed to have shot dead two students on Saturday, and an academic in Massachusetts two days later.

Eastern Hokkaido saw its coldest temperatures of the 2025 winter season again on the morning of December 19th, with authorities urging caution over icy roads as freezing conditions spread across the region. (News On Japan)

The BBC's Asia business correspondent says it is still unclear what sort of experience TikTok users in the US will get.

Objects resembling human internal organs were found discarded in large numbers of bottles at a garbage collection area inside Osaka City’s Central Wholesale Market in Fukushima Ward in September, raising suspicions that the materials may be improperly disposed medical waste, according to police. (News On Japan)

The suspect in the university shooting and the murder of an MIT professor entered the US via the scheme.

The suspect in the university shooting and the murder of an MIT professor entered the US via the scheme.

The Bank of Japan decided on December 19th to raise its policy interest rate to 0.75%, a move expected to have a significant impact on daily life through higher mortgage and deposit rates. (News On Japan)

The deals would end years of efforts by Washington to force ByteDance to sell its US operations.

The five cases in Madhya Pradesh state come weeks after a similar incident was reported in Jharkhand state.

Ukrainian had wanted the EU to use €200 billion of frozen Russian assets but Belgium opposed the move.

Hundreds paddle out at Bondi beach to commemorate the shooting victims from Sunday's attack.

It is the largest scheme since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which prompted massive gun law reform.

It is the largest scheme since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which prompted massive gun law reform.

The deal would end years of efforts by Washington to force ByteDance to sell its US operations.

There are no official statistics surrounding suicide among Ukrainian soldiers, but they are thought to count in the hundreds.

Officials confirmed Greg Biffle, his wife and two children were among those who boarded the small plane that crashed at a regional airport in North Carolina.