A preserved and newly restored pod from Japan's iconic Nagakin Capsule Tower is now on view at MoMA in New York.

Japan broke a record for tourism in 2024, with people from all over the world visiting the island nation. But the country has even bigger tourist goals for the years ahead.

This, in itself, doesn’t mean that the Southern European economy is bigger than Japan’s when comparing its overall value ... “this figure is also driven by a statistical artifact,” he told Euronews ...

Japan had a vibrant economy. Then it fell into a slump for 30 years. : Planet Money Last month, Japan's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years. That is a really big deal ...