Executives at a leading Japanese bank have apologized and taken pay cuts after police arrested an employee who allegedly ...

Japan's ambition to deliver a primary budget surplus for the first time in decades is going to be pushed back a year, a ...

Electric vehicles in Japan have plunged by 33 percent in 2024 and account for less than 2 percent of all new car sales. Although this is the first decline in four years, brands like BYD and ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda repeated his pledge to discuss an interest-rate increase next week, echoing recent comments that have revived market expectations for imminent policy action.

"We will communicate with the next U.S. administration so that an upcoming Japan-U.S. summit will be meaningful," Iwaya said. The trip comes as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba considers ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced Friday that he plans to visit Washington next week to attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, expressing hope to build a ...

BUSAN: The Japan-South Korea-United States relationship has been strong for the past few years, thanks to a happy domestic alignment that currently exists. In Japan, where the left is rarely ...

Record defence budgets from Japan and the Philippines come as tensions with China grow and incoming US leader urges allies to spend more.

Police arrested a former chancellor of Tokyo Women's Medical University on Monday over alleged breach of trust in relation to transactions over the construction of new school buildings. Kinuko Iwamoto ...

THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) will debate whether to raise interest rates next ... senior strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management. In a quarterly report analysing regional economies released ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

The Bank of Japan will debate whether to raise interest rates next week, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, signalling its intention to take borrowing costs higher barring a Trump-driven ...