12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (262+ words) Chubu Electric Power Co President Kingo Hayashi intends to resign over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, sources close to the matter said Sunday. Chairman…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (997+ words) As much as Japan is all about convenience and the spirit of hospitality, one thing that continues to confound visitors to Japan is the lack of trash cans. This can be particularly frustrating when you’re travelling and enjoying the sights,…...

14+ hour, 13+ min ago   (742+ words) The U.S. Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers to pull the trigger on a rate hike to tackle persistently high inflation -- and analysts say central bank chief Kevin Warsh's credibility is on the…...

14+ hour, 16+ min ago   (742+ words) Calls are growing louder in Europe for action against "pervert" smart glasses after secretly filmed footage of girls and women appeared online -- with a petition in Britain demanding a ban on their sale. The devices grabbed attention this summer after…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1619+ words) Canada might seem an unlikely target for a U.S. trade war. America has been “ripped off for 50 years by Canada,” the president declared Saturday when asked if he was considering pulling out of the three-way agreement he signed with the leaders…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (891+ words) On Instagram feeds that are often teeming with curated, contrived content, a recent post from Monette Wagner stood out for her disarming openness. Looking into the camera, Wagner, a 36-year-old mother of three, said in the video: “Divorce can feel…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (299+ words) Nissan Motor Co said Thursday it will shift production of two minivan models from plants operated by its subsidiaries in southwestern Japan to its Tochigi plant north of Tokyo, where capacity utilization has declined partly due to slowing growth in…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (885+ words) Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a seasonally…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (689+ words) The reason for this is that in cases of “special fraud” (tokushu sagi), scammers often ask for payment in the form of electronic currency that can be acquired through prepaid cards sold at convenience stores. These cards can be convenient…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (516+ words) OpenAI says it is pushing for mandatory national AI safety requirements in the United States on concern the technology could accelerate its own ‌development, after some of its own AI agents went rogue. Several incidents in which AI models from…...