Japan  which has the most generous childcare leave policies in the world, has increased its spending on childcare and offered ...

Japan recorded 2,663 traffic fatalities in 2024, dipping slightly from the previous year, the National Police Agency (NPA) ...

Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish ...

TOKYO/WASHINGTON--The foreign ministers of Japan and the United States said their countries’ ties were stronger than ever on ...

A ceremony to mark the first trading day of the year is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 6, 2025.

The number of announced M&A deals involving a Japanese buyer or seller jumped 17% from 2023 to 4,700, according to Tokyo-based Recof Data.

Japan has linked more than 200 cyberattacks over the past five years targeting the country's national security and high technology data to a Chinese hacking group, MirrorFace.

Nippon Steel said it wouldn't be deterred by Biden’s decision last week to block its $15 billion bid for the storied U.S.

To address the problem, Tokyo mayor Yuriko Koike has pledged to subsidise epidural childbirth “as early as possible” to encourage larger families. Japan desperately needs more children as its ...

Wall Street is holding steadier, and U.S. stocks are drifting between small losses and gains a day after strong reports on ...

January 8 has seen pivotal events. On this day in 1992, US President George HW Bush vomited at a state dinner in Tokyo with Japan’s then-prime minister, Kiichi Miyazawa. It also marks the birthdays of ...

A U.S. Marine allegedly sexually assaulted an Okinawan woman in November, which is the fourth alleged sexual assault by U.S.