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The government is mulling increasing the child allowance for households with multiple children, according to sources.

KYIV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that the entire international order is under threat from the Russian aggression against his country in an exclusive interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun on Thursday. Zelenskyy's distrust of a 12-point proposal made by China was also evident.

A total of 153 countries and regions have officially announced they will attend the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, surpassing the government's target of 150, minister for the World Expo Naoki Okada announced at a press conference on Friday.

The championship trophy won by Japan at the World Baseball Classic went on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday, with fans lining up more than one hour before the facility opened to view the coveted prize.

More than 70% of respondents to a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey said they are concerned about the shortage of candidates seeking to become assembly members.

NARITA, Chiba -- Before Shohei Ohtani closed out Japan's dramatic victory over the United States in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, catcher Yuhei Nakamura went out to the mound for a talk.

Members of the general public were allowed to ride a "Doctor Yellow" Shinkansen train for the first time on Wednesday and Thursday.

Toshiba Corp. has paved the way for the company to go private after accepting a buyout offer from a domestic consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners Inc., but many challenges lie ahead, as the Japanese conglomerate grapples with growth strategies and uncertainty about whether foreign funds that hold Toshiba stock…

Many Ukrainian refugees who fled to Japan in the wake of Russia's invasion of their country are encountering a language barrier.

MIAMI -- Shohei Ohtani has donated the cap he wore in the final of the World Baseball Classic to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the museum said Wednesday.

The official campaign period for gubernatorial elections in nine prefectures began Thursday, in the first half of the unified local elections.