The figure rose 5.5% from a year earlier, marking an increase for the second straight month, driven by growth in bankruptcies caused by slug...

Takaichi said Japan was continuing to communicate with China at 'various levels' and would respond 'calmly and appropriately from the standp...

The price of sake rice harvested in 2025 is about 1.5 to 2.3 times higher than the previous year.

The benchmark 10-year bond yield hit 2.38% in January, the highest since 1999.

How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.

Can anyone beat the "Quad God" Ilia Malinin at the Winter Olympics? Japan's Yuma Kagiyama will take his best shot on Tuesday.

Murase executed her final jump perfectly to surge into the lead and take her first Olympic gold medal.

Femke Kok set an Olympic record but her teammate one-upped her in the final pairing of the night as the Netherlands took the top two podium...

COSTA MESA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Simpluris, Inc., court-appointed settlement admi...

The favored Japanese squad got behind early for the second-straight game and couldn’t recover as Italy took a 3-2 decision.

Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling...

Japan's ruling party scored its biggest electoral win in its seven-decade history Sunday, due mostly to the popularity of its first female p...

World shares advanced, and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 share index jumped as much as 5 per cent to a record on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister S...

Japanese stocks hit record highs on Monday, while long-term bonds reversed their earlier decline.

Sunday’s electoral triumph by the Liberal Democratic Party is less a master stroke of the party than a success of its indisputable architect...