The Japan Fair Trade Commission imposed fines totaling about ¥1.6 billion on 37 of the firms.

By Nihar B. Shah

Tighter visa rules and a weak yen have many foreign nationals pondering whether it’s time to leave their adopted country.

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Wilson, who's deep, dark contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz, died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Miss.

A new paper in Psychological Science (.htm) reports a failure to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch’s influential article entitled, “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Contr…

Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.

Section of tunnel that goes through Shizuoka Prefecture After years of delays, the Shizuoka section of the ambitious Chuo Shinkansen project, better known in Japanese as the “linear motorcar&…

An Omaha lead smelter spread dust that seeped into the soil and bodies of many residents. The EPA spent decades cleaning up the surrounding area — but not Council Bluffs, Carter Lake or Bellevue.

最大震度7を記録した熊本地震から4日目です。地震直後に爆発事故が起きた、熊本県嘉島町のイオンモール熊本では、これまでに7人の死亡が確認されています。そのうちの1人の遺族がRKK熊本放送の取材に応じ、苦しい… (1ページ)

The historical record is clear: The absolute prohibition on female monarchs is not timeless. It is a surprisingly modern invention.

One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying.

“There were a lot of counterfeit products, unsafe toys and dangerous cosmetics” on AliExpress, Europe’s tech chief says.

A new book argues that many of the world’s oldest people aren’t so old after all.

A new study suggests weight-loss drugs help women find work — and prompt men to leave their partners

A council debate on scrapping West Norfolk's climate emergency was postponed after extreme heat made the chamber unusable