Minoru Kiuchi's comments follow renewed weakness in the yen and further gains in government bond yields this week.

Problems from playing the wrong national anthem to accommodation issues have cast a cloud over the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

India women's hockey beat hosts Japan 3-1 in Pool B at the Asian Games 2026 in Kakamigahara sealing a semi-final spot as Lalremsiami, Navnee...

Media polls showed the support rate for the Democratic Reform Party, formed last week with 18 members, is at zero percent.

China had won gold in the event at every Games since 1994 but Sora Matsushima beat Wen Ruibo in the decisive match.

To graduates around the world fighting to get their first job, Japan may seem like a hiring paradise.

From rescuing North Korean sailors at sea to responding to missile launches, Tokyo had an eventful Silver Week with Pyongyang.

Oil is increasingly getting more expensive before it even reaches a refinery. Freight now accounts for roughly a fifth of the cost of a crud...

Mamiya Shotaro leads a Japanese remake of CJ ENM’s Korean hit drama “Quiz From God,” which will stream exclusively on Prime Video from Dec....

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Rare fossils discovered in Japan more than 30 years ago are from a new species of armored dinosaur — one whose ancestors likely reached Asia...

Yemeni table tennis secured two valuable wins on Thursday in the singles competition at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games in Japan, which fe...

Yttrium is a silvery rare earth metal with no easy substitute.

The "Nansei shift" is aimed at countering increased Chinese military activities.

Researchers in Japan have switched on "Shunkai," a neutral atom quantum computer that scientists hope to scale into a 10,000-qubit behemoth...