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Japan will improve its weather advisory and warning system by creating a new category applied in the event of Level 4 emergencies for which municipalities issue evacuation orders, the government said Tuesday (December 16).

President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction on Monday (December 15), significantly broadening the US government's powers to combat the synthetic opioid responsible for tens of thousands of overdose deaths each year.

The Japanese government plans to require new owners to provide nationality information when registering real estate, Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi said Tuesday (December 16).

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday (December 15) that the government will consider a new minimum wage target in detail by next summer, when it will release a new growth strategy.

Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, the only remaining giant pandas in Japan, will be returned to China in late January, the Tokyo metropolitan government said Monday (December 15).

Australian police say a father and son carried out the Bondi Hanukkah attack, as the death toll rose to 16 and the nation mourns.

The United States needs to express solidarity with Japan, including through a Congress resolution, amid growing Tokyo-Beijing tensions following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks regarding a possible Taiwan contingency. 

Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, a popular tourist spot crowded with food shoppers and inbound visitors, has issued an unusual request on Sunday (December 14) this month, asking tour operators to refrain from guiding tourists there toward the end of the year to avoid causing problems.

Ten people were killed, and about a dozen others were wounded after two gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday (December 14), Australian officials said.

The White House said Trump expects Thailand and Cambodia to honour their commitments and will hold anyone accountable to stop the killing and secure lasting peace.

European Commission has launched antitrust probe into whether Google used publishers’ and creators’ content to build its AI tools without fair consent or compensation.

Two US Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in an attack in Syria on Saturday (December 13) after a gunman targeted a convoy involving American forces and allied Syrian units, the US military said.

A court in Moscow handed down guilty rulings to nine people, including Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.