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 economy shrank for the first time in a year in the March quarter at a faster pace than expected, data showed on Friday (May 16), underscoring the fragile nature of its recovery now ...

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 ...

TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank for the first time in a year and at a faster pace than expected, data for the March quarter showed on Friday, underscoring the fragile nature of ...

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 ...

Japan's government has been brainstorming its negotiating strategy for the third-round of tariff talks in Washington later next week. A focus is on automobile import tariffs imposed by the Trump ...

A Navy surface warfare officer has been charged with murder in the death of his wife, Jesse Arguinzoni Olsen, in Fukuoka, Japan, in October. Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Olsen, currently assigned to ...

Security cooperation with the Philippines has become even more important for Japan as it seeks to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific, and maintain peace and stability in East Asia. Japan has ...

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 ...

A guesthouse in Japan says it is under pressure from local authorities to change a policy asking guests to declare that they have never committed war crimes, following complaints by Israel’s ...