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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, resolved to end nearly two decades of deflation and revive the economy, explains his economic and fiscal policies to his fellow G-8 chiefs, turning "Abenomics" into an international commitment in the process.
About 45 minutes from Tokyo’s skyscrapers, resting in the hinterlands of Tachikawa there is a land of mist and dragons. It’s a place where rolling hills tumble toward an Aztec pyramid, and children bounce on clouds. The place is called Showa Kinen Koen, and ...
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
Across the colorful show floor at last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, there were games on display where players could become all manner of things, like a throat-slashing 18th-century pirate, zombie killer, a guardian of the last city on Earth, music-making sorcerer, ruthless Roman general, ...
Manu Ginobili ran onto the floor as fans stood and screamed. He went to the bench, and they chanted his name. The sights and sounds of so many San Antonio spring nights were back Sunday — and the real party might be just a ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday he will try to persuade lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan, the main opposition force, to support his bid to amend the Constitution after the Upper House election. Abe told reporters in Warsaw that he will try ...
Officials from the evacuated town of Futaba move its headquarters back to Fukushima Prefecture, ending a temporary exile in Saitama caused by the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
North Korea's top governing body proposes high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States just days after calling off talks with South Korea.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his counterparts from Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia agree to deepen energy ties, including for nuclear and renewable sources of power.
Gov. Heita Kawakatsu of Shizuoka Prefecture wins his second term, dealing another blow to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ahead of next month's pivotal House of Councilors election.
Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential vote Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit of ground following years of crackdowns and to reset the country’s political order. The stunning surge of support ...
Japan's financial watchdog asks the SEC for help prosecuting a U.S.-based asset manager suspected of swindling investors out of billions of yen.
Births involving donor eggs have more than tripled over the past three years, a government survey says. According to a survey conducted by a health ministry study group, the national birth rate for donor eggs rose to 0.051 percent in 2012, compared with 0.015 ...
The Bank of Japan could face a drain of elite talent as foreign financial institutions mull rebooting their activities in Tokyo after the recent market rebound.
Neymar scores in the third minute as Brazil beats Japan 3-0 in the opening match of the Confederations Cup.
The dark side of Abenomics is rearing its head as stock prices show erratic fluctuations. Institutional investors have made profits, but not ordinary citizens.
Public support for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sagged 2.8 points in June to 57.4 percent — the first time it has dipped below 60 percent since January, just after he took office, a survey says. The Cabinet’s polling numbers have now ...