A handgun that was being sold online as a "toy" is seen in this photo provided by the National Police Agency. TOKYO -- Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) has confirmed that 16 types of "toy ...

The Bank of Japan predicted growth of just 0.5 percent, cutting its previous forecast in half, and decided against another hike in interest rates. By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya Reporting ...

TOKYO -- As Japan's Muslim population soars on the back of government efforts to bring in more foreign workers, a severe shortage of suitable cemeteries is preventing many from burying their dead ...

Foreign investors hold approximately $8.5 trillion of the United States’ national debt. Japan tops the list, with approximately $1.13 trillion. This financial relationship has long been framed ...

May 4 (Reuters) - Japan has no plans to threaten to sell its $1 trillion-plus holdings of U.S. Treasuries in trade talks with Washington, its finance minister said on Sunday, clarifying earlier ...

The dramatic rise in rice prices across Japan since August 2024 reveals a troubling paradox. A staple so central to Japanese identity that the word ‘gohan’ means both ‘meal’ and ‘rice’ — a grain that ...

WASHINGTON/TOKYO -- The U.S. presented a "framework of the agreement" for a final deal during bilateral tariff negotiations with Japan in Washington on Thursday, with the two sides at odds over ...

These accords are set to pave the way for more frequent visits and enhanced collaboration between the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). In an interview ...

But it is, hopefully, full of surprises for even regular visitors to Japan, ones who might not yet have climbed the steep wooden stairs of the Kasamori-Kannon Temple in Chonan, eaten Italian food ...

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato holds a press conference following a meeting of finance chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea in Milan ...

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Japan's economy probably contracted for the first time in a year in the first quarter, weighed down by softer domestic demand and imports outperforming exports ...

Trade negotiations between Japan and the United States are headed for an impasse with the two sides unable even to settle on a starting point for an agreement after two rounds of high-level ...