The target of the biggest theft of digital coins in history began allowing yen withdrawals for the first time, triggering the exodus of money.

The ministry attributes the surge to a rise in economic immigrants — what the government calls those who apply for refugee status to land jobs.

The stance risks making Tokyo appear at odds with Washington and Seoul — its two top allies in dealing with the North.

The government said Tuesday it will do its utmost to help restore the Sea of Japan coastal region that was hit by heavy snow last week, which caused several deaths and left some 1,500 cars stranded. The government decided to tap its special grant tax ...

The new medical prices are out. Last week, after more than a year of intense deliberations among various stakeholders, a panel under the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry released a long list of changes to the nation's medical fees. The fee review, which takes place every ...

Japan's millennials are apathetic about romance, and everyone knows it. But according to Hirokazu Nakamura, chief product officer and chief marketing officer of Tokyo-based startup Eureka Inc., young people are not losing interest in love itself. "It's more about the whole process of falling in love ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he will push for a "reciprocal tax" against countries, including allies of the United States, that levy tariffs on American products, but officials did not provide details on how such a tax would be structured or the goods ...

Chinese prosecutors have charged disgraced senior politician Sun Zhengcai with bribery, state media said Tuesday, the latest development in a corruption probe into a man once considered a contender for top leadership. Sun was abruptly removed from his post as the ruling Communist Party's chief ...

The first to experience the future of wireless technology, well before most humans, will be South Korea's wild boars. That's because 5G, the fifth-generation wireless network, is making its worldwide debut at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The technology will be used to ward off ...

Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason have come out against Xerox Corp.'s plans to cede control to Fujifilm Holding Corp., arguing the deal "dramatically undervalues" the company. "To put it simply, the current board of directors has overseen the systematic destruction of Xerox, and, unless we ...

Since Toru Hashimoto was elected Osaka governor in January 2008 and subsequently launched a reform drive, the prefecture has turned its debt-heavy public finances around to achieve budget surpluses. Some experts, however, downplay the recovery as superficial and suggest there is a long way to ...

President Donald Trump is proposing to cut in half the federal subsidy for Amtrak, the troubled national passenger rail service that has experienced three fatal crashes in the past two months. Under a spending plan released Monday, the Trump administration proposed cutting the federal contribution ...

Opportunities to defuse tensions surrounding the U.S. military presence on Okinawa have been wasted.

The U.S. left's silence over Trump's disastrous foreign policy has consigned it to irrelevance.

Kim's charm offensive is aimed at resurrecting the North's sanction-battered economy.

Reports that Haruhiko Kuroda will be reappointed don't mean he can continue stimulus forever.

Engaging with Pyongyang may encourage the regime down the path of liberalization.

An effective commercial jingle wedges itself into your brain. There's the incessant repetition of Meow Mix, the harmony of McDonald's "I'm lovin' it" or the youthful chorus of "Biiiku, biku, biku, Bic Camera." Thirty years ago, though, Belgian record label Crammed Discs released an album ...

The excavation of the tomb of the Tang Dynasty general Mu Tai (660-729, buried in 730) took place in Qingcheng County in China's Gansu Province in 2001. Unearthed were colorfully painted and realistically detailed small-scale sculptures of "foreign" peoples and their animals, such as ...

Feb. 14-May 7 From the late 1930s until his death, the industrialist and art enthusiast Emil George Buhrle (or Buehrle) amassed a collection of 167 paintings and pastels and 31 sculptures, primarily focusing on works by European impressionist masters. Since the establishment of the Foundation ...

Feb. 11-24 Yoshikazu Ooka, one of the founders of the Hitoto art gallery, who specializes in the administration of photography exhibits, is also a photographer himself. His images often explore places and spaces that we normally pay little attention to as he captures the light, ...

Johannes Hoesfolt Klaebo powered to a stunning victory in the men's sprint classic on Tuesday to claim another cross-country gold medal for Norway with a dominant performance in the final. In a thrilling finish, Italian Federico Pellegrino won the silver medal by two hundredths of ...

Canada was crowned the first Olympics mixed-doubles curling champion on Tuesday claiming gold with a 10-3 blowout win over world champion Switzerland. The victory placed John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes in an elite company, the Canadians adding their names to a short list of four ...

Nicknamed the "Angry Cat" for her posture and a mean streak developed during two seasons honing her skills in the Netherlands, Nao Kodaira has sharpened her claws and is poised to pounce in the women's speedskating 1,000 meters at the Pyeongchang Games. Kodaira headlines Wednesday's ...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or so it seems. Japan finished a distant fifth, again, in the team skating event on Monday, behind Canada (73 points), the Olympic Athletes from Russia (66), the United States (66) and Italy (56). The Hinomaru was ...

10 a.m. Figure skating, pairs short program: The pair of Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara will compete. Kihara competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, pairing with Narumi Takahashi, but has been competing with Suzaki since 2015. 10:30 a.m. Snowboard, men’s halfpipe final: Ayumu Hirano, Raibu ...

After Spanish figure skater Javier Fernandez won his sixth consecutive European title last month, he knew he still had work to do for a chance at the podium in Pyeongchang. Despite winning the European title by more than 20-points over second-place finisher Dmitri Aliev, the ...

U.S. snowboard great Shaun White began his bid for a third Olympic gold in convincing style, easily separating himself at the top of qualifying for the men's halfpipe at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Tuesday. Among the Japanese, Ayumu Hirano, who is looking to go ...

Japan’s search for gold in Pyeongchang was stymied Monday night after its best shot so far, Miho Takagi, took silver in the women’s 1,500-meter speedskating event. She was foiled by the Netherlands’ Ireen Wust, who earlier bested Takagi in the 3,000m and with last ...

Yuzuru Hanyu went through a 40-minute practice on the main rink at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Tuesday morning and then met the media afterward to provide an update on his condition. The defending Olympic and world champion, who was injured in practice before the ...

Miho Takagi was unable to conceal her disappointment at missing out on the women's 1,500-meter speedskating gold medal, but her Dutch coach Johan de Wit said she has every right to be proud of taking silver at the Pyeongchang Games on Monday. Takagi came to ...

In a statement, the 21-year-old member of the short track speed skating team denied intentionally doping.

Sara Takanashi exorcised the ghost of Sochi with a bronze medal in the normal hill jump at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre on Monday night. The 21-year-old native of Kamikawa, Hokkaido, uncorked a big first leap of 103.5 meters for a score of 120.3 points and ...

After qualifying in top spot for the third and last final of the night, the 20-year-old Hara appeared as if he might take the honor of being Japan's first gold medalist of the games, but came up short as Canada's Mikael Kingsbury and Australian ...