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

It is a marriage made in heaven for cute-obsessed Japan: this Valentine's Day, lovers can present the object of their affection with a world first — naturally bright pink chocolate. The KitKat store in the glitzy shopping area of Ginza in Tokyo is a riot ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Natalie Geisenberger refuses to call herself the best women's luge athlete ever. The history books may do it for her. Germany has yet another Olympic gold medalist, after Geisenberger prevailed in the women's luge final on Tuesday — her second consecutive title and one that added ...

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 Canadians are playing on their favorite stage at the Olympics, and their top line of captain Marie-Philip Poulin, Megan Agosta and Melodie Daoust is peaking at just the right time. Agosta and Daoust each had a goal and an assist, and Canada beat Finland ...

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 ...

The wonderful thing about the inspiring — shall we call it Olympian? — story of Mirai Nagasu is that it's not over. Not even close. Nagasu has gone from teenage wunderkind and U.S. champion to fourth-place finisher at the Vancouver Olympics to passed over and nearly ...

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 ...

Gold medal already in hand and Olympic dream fully realized, Chloe Kim could have turned her third and final run in the women's snowboarding final into a victory lap. Only she didn't. She couldn't. Gold medals are nice and all, but to the 17-year-old star, ...

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 ...