Mercari Inc., Japan’s first unicorn to go public, made its debut Tuesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers section, becoming the largest IPO this year.

The tributes came as life in the city appeared to be improving on Tuesday with train lines resuming operation.

The death on Monday of a 9-year-old girl in Osaka Prefecture highlights the potential dangers of violating building codes and of concrete-block walls, which can turn lethal when major earthquakes strike. Following the incident in the city of Takatsuki, in which a 40-meter-long wall surrounding ...

The Lower House passed a bill that will allow casinos to open despite gambling addiction concerns.

On most weekends, the plaza surrounding the famous Hachiko dog statue outside Shibuya Station is thronged with people. However, the popular Tokyo rendezvous point last Saturday hosted an emergency tent where people in bright blue T-shirts tried to raise awareness ahead of June 20 ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began a two-day visit Tuesday, Chinese state-run television said, exactly a week after Kim's landmark summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Beijing seeks a larger role in talks with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons. The visit was Kim's ...

Monday's deadly quake in Osaka Prefecture has led to the resurgence of what has become a familiar — if disconcerting — post-disaster trend on the internet: a slew of hate speech-driven tweets warning of "crimes" committed by foreign residents. In the aftermath of the magnitude ...

Earnest efforts are underway in both the public and private sectors to promote cashless payments ahead of the 2020 Olympics. Credit cards, electronic money and other cashless systems account for 20 percent of all consumer payments in Japan, compared with 40 percent to 60 percent ...

The head the school operator at the center of favoritism allegations denied meeting the prime minister regarding a project to open a veterinary school.

Americans make up only 4 percent of the global population but they own 40 percent of the world's firearms, a new study said Monday. There are more than 1 billion firearms in the world but 85 percent of those are in the hands of civilians, ...

Shinichiro Tsukada says his small plastering company in Tokyo wouldn't survive without the 22 Chinese and Vietnamese workers who make up half his payroll. "They're treasures, real treasures," he said. "Workers are disappearing as our population ages. Buildings cannot be built because there aren't enough ...

Neighbors and family members mourned Tuesday for those who died in the powerful earthquake that rocked Osaka Prefecture a day earlier, including a 9-year-old girl remembered as a bubbly child who often greeted them with a smile. Rina Miyake, 9, was on her way to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump inched closer to an all-out trade war by unveiling plans Monday to impose 10 percent tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods if Beijing doesn't bend to American demands. With the world's two largest economies on the brink ...

Many steps can be taken to boost the shrinking population.

The nation's labor force is shrinking, educated and dedicated — attributes that match the needs of a knowledge-based economy

Unless the U.S. adopts a stronger policy to contain Chinese expansionism there, the widely shared vision of a free, open, and democratic-led Indo-Pacific will give way to an illiberal, repressive regional order.

The effects of a global trade war would be felt everywhere, but especially in the world's poorest countries.

Russians and foreign visitors can get a closer look at each other, without the usual filters.

Japan-based supporters of Group H teams fighting it out for the ultimate prize at the FIFA World Cup speak to The Japan Times.

Model-turned-actress Ayame Misaki has played a variety of roles over the past decade, including a soldier in "Attack on Titan" and a manipulative hostess in the film "Judas," but her own story is arguably more dramatic and harrowing than any role she has appeared ...

A very concise review of the Bridget Riley exhibition at the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, would be this: Barring those who are prone to motion sickness, go and see it. This applies equally to predisposed art buffs who already know and appreciate ...

June 23-Sept. 24 On loan from the Yokohama Museum of Art, which is renowned for its extensive collection of international modern art, this selection of works explores works created in France, with a focus on surrealist masters. The title of the exhibition takes its name, "The ...

June 23-Sept. 2 Shell work has been an important part of culture for various ethnic groups around the world, and dates back 70,000 to 100,000 years. Through the craft, shells, which were also used to make tools, gained a special artistic and decorative value. Looking at ...

Up-and-coming U.S. rapper XXXTentacion was shot dead near Miami on Monday, police said. The Broward County sheriff's office said in a statement that an adult male who was shot near Miami on Monday afternoon and taken to a hospital was later pronounced dead. "The adult male ...

Japan made hard work of a match in which it held all the cards but was saved by a late Yuya Osako winner which earned it a 2-1 win in its World Cup opener against a 10-man Colombia on Tuesday. The win at Mordovia Arena ...

Seiji Uebayashi's eighth-inning home run lifted the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Tuesday. Two days after the Swallows clinched this season's best interleague record for the first time, the Central League ballclub closed its final game ...

Alex Bregman hit a game-ending two-run double with one out in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 Monday night to match a franchise record with their 12th straight win. Houston trailed 4-0 after three innings but cut the ...

Japan junior champion Rika Kihira, one of only eight women in history to land the triple axel in international competition, has decided to move up to the senior ranks for the coming season. Ice Time has confirmed this news with a source, after the story ...

Los Angeles Angels rookie Shohei Ohtani will be re-evaluated within three weeks and medical staff are "very optimistic" about his recovery, club manager Mike Scioscia said Monday. Ohtani was placed on the disabled list on June 8 with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his ...