Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a February 8 snap election.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delighted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with a surprise birthday celebration ...

Kia established a local subsidiary in Indonesia and unveiled the Carens facelift model that will go on sale starting next ...

Success at the polls for Takaichi, who ascended to the premiership in October, would provide a mandate for her to continue ...

Investors will be keeping an eye on oil prices as protests continue in Iran and U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly is ...

Hyundai Mobis has joined hands with robot company Boston Dynamics and mobile communications giant Qualcomm. At CES 2026, it ...

On the outskirts of Beijing, young Chinese entrepreneur Cheng Hao sits on an indoor soccer pitch – but this turf isn’t for humans. It’s where engineers working for his start-up, Booster Robotics, ...

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Japanese premiere Sanae Takaichi may have extra trouble sleeping after she moved into the prime minister's official residence, where ghosts of Japanese soldiers from a century ago are reputed to ...

Bringing robots that look and move like humans to households and factories is closer than ever. But despite promises from a growing number of startups, fully autonomous humanoid robots are still years ...

The use of autonomous drones on the battlefield has already raised plenty of murky ethical questions. Many experts and human rights groups have decried the use of killer robots, particularly when you ...