Brazilian-born Carlos Ghosn has long stood out among the world's auto executives as a hard-nosed workaholic able to get a troubled company back on its feet quickly. As head of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, Ghosn has created an industrial behemoth, its combined 470,000 employees selling 10.6 ...

A ruckus in the Diet over erroneous statistics leaves the government’s Dec. 10 deadline for passage of new legislation in doubt.

The government plans to order a convertible from a domestic carmaker to carry the next Emperor and Empress during next October’s event.

Prime Minister in a bind as he seeks to keep alliance with Washington as foundation of foreign policy, while avoiding excessive conflict with Beijing.

Nearly half of those with dementia who have been hospitalized in Japan were physically restrained at some point to prevent them from harming themselves. A nationwide survey carried out early last year at 3,446 hospitals and receiving valid responses from 937 found that among 23,539 ...

A Hazara refugee who now calls the Australian outback home, Ali named his new venture the Afghan Friendship Restaurant, a tribute to the warm welcome he says he received after moving to the town of Griffith five years ago. The 44-year-old father of three is ...

Two years after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced a divorce with old ally the United States in return for bumper business ties with China, he doesn't have much to show for it. Duterte left Beijing in 2016 with $24 billion of Chinese loans and investment ...

It is much easier to globalize economic systems, but it is still very difficult to globalize the minds of human beings.

The new cold war has spread far from the geopolitical arena.

Japan has thus far succeeded in preserving its national character while fulfilling its growing responsibility toward the international community.

The words "sokkuri" and "sukkari" are used to show resemblance, but one can be used in entirely different situations.

AFP-JIJI This week's featured article Soaring birthrates in developing nations are fueling a global baby boom but women in dozens of richer countries aren't producing enough children to maintain population levels there, according to figures released Friday. A global overview of birth, death and disease rates ...

New measures are being taken to help clean our seas, but are they too little too late?

What's that word, the one for when you like a person but are too shy to say so? Or how about the one you use when you visit Tokyo Disney? Well, one book has all the answers.

For Chris Hill, CEO of WeWork Japan, the day begins at 5:00 a.m. with meditating in the bath.

Kaparu from Shiki, a city in Saitama Prefecture, won the 2018 Yuru-kyara Grand Prix (Soft Character Grand Prix) title in the regional division on Sunday. With the motif of the mythical kappa, or water goblin, the mascot for the city's public corporation to promote culture ...

Cerezo Osaka announced on Monday that it will not renew the contract of manager Yoon Jong-hwan for next year's first-division campaign. The South Korean will lead Cerezo, which currently sits in eighth place, in the two remaining matches of the season. His replacement has not ...

Yokozuna are the stars of sumo. Always in the spotlight, they get the lion's share of column inches. Rightly so, given that only 72 men have ever attained the rank. And yet, yokozuna wasn't always the sport's highest position. For most of sumo's history, ozeki was its ...

Komusubi Takakeisho took out ozeki Tochinoshin on Monday to remain in sole possession of the lead after nine days of action at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. But despite the quick victory, the Chiganoura stable wrestler doesn't have much room for error. Because in ...

Ryoyu Kobayashi achieved his maiden podium finish Sunday by taking third place at the ski jumping World Cup season opener in Poland. The 22-year-old Pyeongchang Olympian totaled 255.6 to finish 7.8 points behind winner Evgeniy Klimov of Russia in the large hill event in Wisla. ...

Nozomi Okuhara triumphed in the women's final at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday, while teammate Kenta Nishimoto came up short on the men's side against Son Wan-ho, who won his first tournament in two years. The 23-year-old said her victory over a determined Ratchanok ...

Nasa Hataoka carded a 4-under-par 68 in Sunday's final round to finish ninth at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, eight shots back from winner Lexi Thompson of the United States. Thompson shot a final-round 70 to finish with an 18-under 270 total, giving her ...