Japan braced for global market turmoil Friday as the yen briefly soared above 100 against the dollar and the Nikkei stock average tumbled over 8 percent as Britain voted in favor of leaving the European Union. The yen briefly touched 99 to the dollar — ...

Britain's historic decision to leave the European Union could hamper Japan's efforts on a trade deal with the EU as well as its relationship with Asian and other global partners, analysts said. The comments Friday came as the government here described its disappointment at the ...

The yen soars, stocks tumble and governments scramble to make sense of what lies ahead as Britain votes to leave the EU.

Britain voted to quit the European Union in a historic vote, with the ballot count Friday plunging the bloc into uncharted waters. The pound slumped to its lowest in 31 years and there was turmoil on global stock markets. Bookmakers adjusted their odds to reflect an ...

A Bank of Japan policymaker said there is a need to further ease monetary policy to emphasize its commitment to the central bank's 2 percent inflation target, a summary of opinions from the June policy meeting said Friday. There was a contradicting view, however, with ...

On June 7, the day after the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly election saw voters give opponents of the bilateral relocation plan for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma a bigger majority, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet posted a video online. The 30-second clip shows Abe and ...

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War II. Global financial markets plunged as results from Thursday's referendum showed a near 52-48 ...

For the second straight year Tokyo has topped the list of the most livable cities in the annual Quality of Life Survey conducted by the British lifestyle magazine Monocle. According to the survey recently released on the magazine's website, Tokyo came first due to "a ...

Shikoku Electric Power Co. started loading nuclear fuel Friday into a reactor at its Ikata power plant, paving the way for a scheduled restart next month. The utility plans to reactivate the No. 3 unit at the plant in Ehime Prefecture on July 26. The ...

Investigative sources say dismembered human body parts that were found in Meguro Ward were only partially decomposed.

The Upper House election could enable lawmakers in favor of constitutional amendment to call a referendum on the issue.

The numbers make it clear: America has a gun problem.

In this time of fear, people are willing to give up their power to the strongman. But the forces they are seeking protection from are far beyond the abilities of one person to control.

Craft beer has come a long way in Tokyo. Twenty years ago, the market was mostly made up of generic lagers produced by major brewers such as Kirin and Asahi. Brewing laws prevented small players from entering the fray, and regulators were skeptical there ...

I have worked in my fair share of kitchens over the years. At some stage while toiling at each, someone — usually a chef — would lose their temper with me and regain it only after loudly roasting me with words not fit for ...

Wasabi, according to the late food writer Shizuo Tsuji, grows best on the banks of cold, clear streams. "In fact," he writes in his 1980 culinary treatise, "Japanese Cooking," the plant can only be grown "in flooded mountain terraces." However, thanks to the initiative of ...

El Zocalo Burrito is, as its name implies, all about burritos. Located on a quiet street west of Shinsaibashi Station, it offers a reprieve from the never-ending throng of tourists wandering the nearby Dotonbori shopping district. Though the restaurant takes its name from the main ...

Last year saw Japanese snack-maker Koikeya roll out a "breakfast fruit" line of potato chips, and they are still intent on flavoring their chips around the most important meal of the day, this time with "milk" and "toast." Each offers a very different experience. ...

Culture Club's first Tokyo appearance in more than a decade on Tuesday seemed immaculately planned and slightly surreal. It was almost as if the popular English band had never left the live scene at all, only briefly disappearing before reappearing with upgrades. Drummer Jon Moss ...

Led Zeppelin did not lift a guitar riff used in its signature song "Stairway to Heaven" from the U.S. group Spirit, a Los Angeles jury found on Thursday, saying there were substantial differences between the two. The jury's decision, reached on its second day of ...

Japanese baseball's interleague interlude gave Central League pitchers a brief respite from having their ERAs ruined by Tetsuto Yamada. But on a somewhat wet Friday night at Jingu Stadium, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows star declared school was back in session. Yamada drove in two runs ...

Japan's 2004 Olympic hammer throw champion Koji Murofushi hinted at his retirement on Friday after placing 12th in men's final at the National Athletics Championships, a result that ended his hopes of competing at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 41-year-old veteran was returning ...

Kei Nishikori defeated Frenchman Richard Gasquet in an exhibition match on Thursday and came through it without any fitness issues ahead of Wimbledon, which gets underway on Monday. Nishikori, who pulled out of the Gerry Weber Open for the second straight season earlier this month ...

Japan and Scotland are both hoping to end their seasons in style Saturday by putting on a performance worthy of the occasion. The two sides will battle it out in front of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the stadium that will host the opening ...

It had not been a good week for England manager Roy Hodgson. Last Sunday, Greg Dyke, the outgoing chairman of the Football Association, said for Hodgson to be offered a new contract the team must "play well" even in defeat at Euro 2016. That, explained ...