SHIMUKAPPU, Hokkaido—A JR express train was filled to 60-percent capacity when it left Sapporo Station for Shimukappu in the central part of Hokkaido in December. After it stopped at Minami-Chitose ...

Amid reduced Western countermeasures, the playing field appears tilted in the CCP’s favor compared to just a year ago. In 2025, Beijing’s foreign information influence operations grew more ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced new procedures for the online authentication of birth, marriage, and death certificates. In collaboration with the Registrar General’s Department, the ...

Iran’s system of government is not quite a democracy, nor a theocracy. Founding Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini developed its animating doctrine, known as guardianship of the jurist, in the years ...

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