While Ghost of Tsushima had us take on the role of Jin Sakai as he defends Tsushima from a Mongol invasion in the 13th century, Ghost of Yotei skips forward to 1603, where we play as female ...

Nintendo has announced plans to open a new official store in Fukuoka, Japan at the end of 2025. Nintendo Fukuoka will be the company’s fourth official store in Japan, joining Nintendo Tokyo ...

The House of Councillors, the upper chamber, passed the active cyberdefense bill with majority support including from the ruling bloc and the major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.

TOKYO -- Japan's economy shrank an annualized 0.7% in the January to March quarter from the previous three months, according to preliminary government figures released Friday. The decline ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Resonac Holdings will quit Chinese and Southeast Asian production of graphite electrodes for steelmakers, the company said Thursday, scaling back in a bid to improve margins that ...

No injuries or significant damage have been reported as of now. Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupted on May 15, 2025, sending a massive ash plume soaring 3,000 metres above the crater, according to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan has signalled it is prepared to hold out for a better deal with US President Donald Trump over trade ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan has passed a landmark law allowing the government to be more proactive in combating cyber attacks ...

In a country where seismic tremors occur every other week and disaster preparedness is woven into the cultural fabric, it takes something extraordinary to unsettle the rhythms of Japan’s travel ...

Japan's health ministry is set to eliminate out-of-pocket payments associated with child delivery, possibly from April next year, to address the country's declining birthrate. One proposed approach in ...

HONG KONG – Unfounded online rumours warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines, which report less demand from worried Hong Kongers.

Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry cry against “ableist machismo.” By Martin Fackler Reporting from Yamato, Japan When Saou Ichikawa was named the winner of the Akutagawa Prize in July 2023 ...