Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics into modern storytelling, has died
A key Japanese central bank report says that sentiment among big manufacturers has sagged but optimism hit a three-decade high among large business outside the …
Louis Chilton speaks to award-winning filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda about his powerful new film ‘Monster’, which follows two young schoolboys who find themselves drawn to each …
Japan’s economy managed to grow in the fourth quarter of last year, averting a recession, according to revised government data released Monday that had previously …
The U.N. nuclear chief is to visit Japan’s tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant Wednesday after the agency affirmed the safety of a contentious plan to release …
Photos of Tokyo end-of-year party sparked outrage after they were leaked to a magazine, with three-quarters of Japanese public finding them problematic
Toyota has found improper crash tests for a model and suspended shipments, in the latest in a series of embarrassing woes plaguing Japan’s top automaker
Sturdy leather bag known as randoseru can weigh 4-10kg when full, leaving students in pain and wanting something lighter It’s a familiar sight every weekday …
Government boosts incentives to lure people to ‘unfashionable’ regional areas hit by ageing, shrinking populations Japan’s government is offering ¥1m ($7,500) per child to families …
Japan 1-1 Croatia (Croatia win 3-1 on penalties): Goalkeeper Dominic Kivakovic saved penalties as the 2018 finalists marched on to the last eight in Qatar
Victory in World Cup opener sparks street celebrations and banishes painful memories in Doha of failure to qualify for USA 1994 Japan’s shock victory over …
Latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch comes day after North resumed weapons testing and threatened ‘fiercer’ military response to US moves in region Japan’s prime minister, …
Worker mistakenly accelerated while the car was in reverse, crashing into the building’s roughly 500-year old wooden door Japan’s oldest existing toilet, dating back hundreds …
Move marks a reversal for Fumio Kishida who was reluctant to scrutinise Moonies’ connections with his own lawmakers Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has ordered …
Itaru Nakamura says fresh start needed after assassination ‘to ensure this never happens again’ Japan’s most senior police officer has said he will resign to …
The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has revealed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and the Unification Church
PM Fumio Kishida says ‘major significance’ in successfully holding election just days after Abe’s assassination, which was seen as an assault on Japan’s democracy
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has met with the U.S.’s top diplomat, who delivered condolences over the death of former leader Shinzo Abe and reassurances …
Public outrage, handwringing and vows of defiance in media and among political commentators are widespread in Japan following the daylight assassination of former Prime Minister …
Longest-serving PM, known for his ‘Abenomics’ policy, shot while making campaign speech in Nara Latest updates: former Japan PM Shinzo Abe shotShinzo Abe – a …
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to talk with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha about economic matters, upheaval in Myanmar and Russia’s war in …
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is in Cambodia for talks with his counterpart, Hun Sen, to deepen relations with one of the Southeast Asia’s closest …
Toshiba’s Chief Executive Satoshi Tsunakawa is stepping down, as the embattled Japanese technology giant seeks to restructure and restore its reputation
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said fighting the pandemic was a “top priority” for his government in his speech opening this year’s parliamentary session
Masayuki Uemura, a Japanese home computer game pioneer whose Nintendo consoles sold millions of units worldwide, has died, according to the university in Kyoto where …
Two women whose relatives died from the coronavirus at home are questioning the Japanese government’s policy of having some infected people recuperate in their own …
Japan’s economy shrank at a 3% annual rate in the July-September quarter, as private consumption and auto production took a hit from the ongoing efforts …