In Japan, “akiya” (空き家) refers to vacant homes that have been abandoned due to a growing phenomenon driven by demographic shifts and econ...

The main goal is to remove utility poles along urban-area emergency transport routes that have a high risk of collapsing in the event of a d...

Sending the Abukuma-class vessels to Manila would mark Tokyo’s first export of an entire major naval platform in decades.

Owning a dog in Japan may seem daunting, but having these tools and tips in mind can ease your journey and bring you lots of joy.

Japan wages data, May 2025real wages dropped 2.9% year-on-year in May, the sharpest fall in nearly two years, the fifth consecutive monthly...

Japan's top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, held two rounds of intensive phone talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard LutnickThursday,...

On Friday we had some spectacularly good data from Japan, big beats, both m/m and y/y:May household spending +4.7% y/y (expected +1.2%, prio...

The export plan involves six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for more than three decad...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has started a weeklong visit to Mongolia that will honor Japanese World War II prisoners

Included among the alerts were the first of the year for central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture.

The series of earthquakes with their epicenters in the seas around the Tokara chain — including two powerful quakes on Sunday — began on Jun...

The boom is having to contend with a declining number of tea plantations in Japan and the threat of tariffs from the United States.

Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, held "in-depth exchanges" over the phone with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thurs...

Saudi Gazette report TOKYO — The second round of negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countr...

The Japan-inclined daughter of a Belgian diplomat, Amélie Nothomb has published several books about her upbringing in Asia, including one in...