Fukushiro Nukaga, the head of the third largest intraparty faction of the ruling Liberal Democrat Party, told a top faction member from the Upper House that he will resign next month in line with demands by many bloc members, faction sources said Thursday. Nukaga met ...

Famed wild deer in the city of Nara appear to be growing increasingly frustrated with tourists who make them wait to munch on crackers while trying to frame the perfect photo.

It's an accepted belief among tech startups that it's OK to grow fast at the sake of profits. But what if the company is 27 years old? Under the new ownership of SoftBank Group Corp., the once relatively conservative U.K. chip company ARM Holdings PLC ...

In September 2016, freelance journalist Yutaka Hasegawa touched off a firestorm of criticism after writing in his blog that diabetes patients receiving dialysis should pay for the treatment themselves instead of using public health insurance. He argued that it was their "corrupt" lifestyles that ...

Japan is thriving on foreign investments and a tourism boom that combined to drive its current account to a record high surplus of ¥21.87 trillion last year, data show.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence talks up the Japan-U.S. alliance and Washington’s resolve to dismantle North Korea’s arsenal, during a visit to Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.

Takeshi Niinami, chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings Ltd., believes that companies and governments need to offer proper training and education to their employees with a long-term view toward new technologies as people still lack the skills needed for "the fourth industrial revolution." "Technology will ...

Nomura Holdings Inc. issued an apology after investors in a $300 million product betting on low volatility were all but wiped out during this week's stock market turmoil. The country's biggest brokerage said Wednesday that it has received inquiries from individual investors after its decision ...

Roughly 260 cars remained stranded on a snowy Route 8 on the Sea of Japan coast Thursday morning, with many people already having spent two nights in their vehicles. The Ground Self-Defense Force said the Fukui Prefecture road could be clear by this evening, once ...

SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son is warming to an industry that's long been a favorite of billionaires looking to diversify their business empires. SoftBank could purchase as much as a third of Swiss Re AG, one of the world's largest reinsurers, according to people ...

For much of his life, Lee Jong Keun felt he had to hide two aspects of his identity: his status as a second-generation Korean in Japan and his history as an A-bomb survivor.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday her conservatives had made painful concessions to the Social Democrats (SPD) to secure a coalition deal that should give Europe's powerhouse a new government after months of political paralysis. Heralding a shift in Germany's euro zone policy, the ...

Tokyo and many parts of central Japan should prepare for the cherry blossom season to arrive early this year, according to a forecast that says winter's icy grip may loosen sooner than usual. Japan Meteorological Corp., an Osaka-based weather forecasting company, released on Feb. 1 ...

The neighbors don't get along but you are still obliged to invite them all to the party. So where do they all sit? That is the question facing South Korean President Moon Jae-in with less than 48 hours to go before the opening ceremony of ...

North Korea has no intention of meeting U.S officials during the Winter Olympics that start on Friday in the South, the KCNA news agency reported, dampening hopes the games will help resolve a tense standoff over the Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. U.S. Vice President Mike ...

HondaJet, the business plane developed by Honda Motor Co., sees big prospects in China and Southeast Asia as wealthy individuals seek out the lightweight plane as an efficiency tool. There's a "huge potential," Honda Aircraft Co. Chief Executive Officer Michimasa Fujino said in an interview ...

An 18-month-old boy with Down syndrome has been named by baby food maker Gerber as its "Spokesbaby" for 2018, the company said on Wednesday, an action hailed by advocates for people with the genetic condition. Lucas Warren of Dalton, Georgia, won Gerber's annual photo contest ...

California will block the transport of petroleum from new offshore oil rigs through its state, officials told Reuters, a move meant to hobble the Trump administration's effort to vastly expand drilling in U.S. federal waters. California's threat to deny pipeline permits for transporting oil from ...

Younger South Koreans are either apathetic about or hostile toward North Korea.

Investors think things are looking up — central bankers should stop telling them they're wrong

The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho — the first hotel in Tokyo to be recognized as part of Marriott International's Luxury Collection — will be hosting a three-day premium dinner event Tokyo Meets Milan from March 22 to 24 at the All-Day Dining Oasis Garden ...

Netflix Japan's reboot of the reality show "Ainori" features plenty of drama — most of it interpersonal, but some geopolitical. The streaming-era version of the show, a joint effort between Fuji TV and Netflix, debuted last fall. Like the original incarnation that ran from 1999 ...

Back in 1995, some of the movers and shakers of the domestic theater scene got together at various venues around the capital for an event called the Tokyo Performing Arts Market. The aim was simple: connect up-and-coming Japanese artists to the producers and theater ...

Ski jumping legend Noriaki Kasai, competing in his eighth Winter Olympics, placed 20th in the qualifying round of the men's normal hill jump on Thursday night at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre to clinch a spot in Saturday night's finals. The 45-year-old, who appeared in ...

In response to successive scandals involving physical violence, the Japan Sumo Association announced Thursday that a third-party committee has convened and will question every member of the JSA. "Our goal is the preservation of sumo," committee chairman Keiichi Tadaki, a former prosecutor general, told a ...

Mikaela Shiffrin's results may have dipped slightly since he recently described her as the "best ski racer I've ever seen," but former Olympic champion Bode Miller believes the American will be back to her best when the Pyeongchang Games kick off on Friday. Shiffrin reeled ...

World Anti-Doping Agency president Craig Reedie cannot rule out the possibility of the Russian doping scandal carrying over to the 2020 Olympics but is counting on Tokyo to help restore the tainted image of the Olympic Games. Just one day from the opening of the ...

Chikara Tanaka is Japanese basketball's latest boy wonder. So what's the difference between him and other phenoms like Rui Hachimura or Yuta Watanabe, who have crossed the Pacific Ocean to play in the United States? His precocity. Tanaka is only 15 years old. And he has already ...

Shoma Uno looked in good form in a run-through of his short program to "Winter" during an official practice at the training rink beneath Gangneung Ice Arena on Thursday afternoon. The young star landed several crisp quadruple jumps while coming through the session unscathed. Uno ...

Traditional paper cranes and some of the latest technology are on offer as Japan seeks to promote itself as the host of the next Olympic Games in 2020, with organizers hoping to inherit the enthusiasm and fervor of Pyeongchang 2018 hosts. Tokyo will host the ...