The consumption patterns of visitors to Japan have been shifting as their enthusiasm for purchasing luxury items appears to be waning.

Australian Influencer Sophia Begg faced backlash for using a song in the Mandarin language to document her vacation in Japan.On Thursday, J...

Opinion polls suggest Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party may fall short of a majority in Upper House elections.

The debate over the damage sunscreens cause to the marine environment is heating up as some regions ban certain chemical ingredients.

A variety of scenarios await the country should the ruling coalition lose its majority in the Upper House — from an enlarged coalition to an...

World No. 2 Gabriela Bryan won the women's event with a hard-fought victory over Australian world No. 1 Molly Picklum.

Soaring prices and anti-foreigner sentiment have become central issues for much of Japan's electorate.

TOKYO: Bags of mildly radioactive soil from near the Fukushima nuclear plant were delivered to the Japanese prime minister’s office on Satur...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's LDP and its partner Komeito are forecast to lose their majority in a repeat of last year's Lower House elect...

Sun: Japanese Upper House ElectionMon: PBoC LPR; Canadian PPI (Jun), US Leading Index (Jun), New Zealand Trade (Jun), UK CBI (Jul)Tue: UK PS...

This summer specialty weekend is offering a handful of limited releases from Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud to Unicorns by Sally El Hosaini and Ja...

Japan’s ongoing rice shortage is bringing greater awareness to farmers’ issues, and greater scrutiny to the long-dominant Liberal Democratic...

Whether it’s posting pictures of him eating gyudon (beef bowl) between meetings or holding rice balls at campaign stops, Shinjiro Koizumi ha...

From Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri to Tokyo’s Sumida fireworks, Japan’s summer festivals offer history, spectacle — and a chance to learn some vocabu...

A good deal is more important than a rushed one. This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at www.forexliv...