As a 7-year-old boy in Hiroshima, Howard Kakita was hoping to catch the vapor trail of a B-29 bomber. A sudden blast knocked him out.

Japanese companies have stepped up acquisitions as well as sales of noncore units in recent years, providing more opportunities for investme...

Taro Kono has been calling for higher Bank of Japan rates since at least the middle of 2024. He is at it again, saying in a new conference i...

Nominal wages increased 2.5% in June from a year earlier, accelerating from a revised 1.4% gain the previous month and marking the steepest...

Japan Labour Market Data – JuneNominal Cash Earnings (y/y): +2.5%(vs. +3.1% expected; prior +1.0%; revised prior +1.4%)Real Cash Earnings (...

Changes in currency exchange rates have discouraged American and Chinese travelers from spending, the paper writes...

RTA, Japan's biggest charity speedrunning event, has confirmed there'll be no Nintendo games present at this year's show due to Nintendo's...

By MARI YAMAGUCHIHIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese s...

Shurina, cast as a kamikaze pilot in a play, travels to WWII memorial sites across Japan for a performance in Okinawa.

Japan logged two new heat records in a single day as the mercury hit 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.88 degrees Fahrenheit) and then 41.8C (107.24...

Japan reaffirmed its longstanding partnership with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA...

The vessel was seen conducting suspicious activity around 335 kilometers west-northwest of the island of Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture...

The country experienced its new hottest day ever on Tuesday, with temperatures soaring as high as 41.8 degrees Celsius, beating the previous...

The recorded temperatures were 41.6C (106.8F) and 41.8C (107.2F), as weather agency warns of hotter days ahead.

Japan recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, prompting the government to advise residents to stay indoors...