The committee was set up after the arrest of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial for alleged financial misconduct.

The dispute centers on comments by South Korea’s National Assembly speaker calling for an apology from the Emperor to resolve the “comfort women” issue.

Abe is believed to be setting his sights on a broad treaty agreement in June when Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Japan.

Wearing only underpants, Pavel Kalina twisted his body up a wooden pole before performing a handstand at the top in the first world championships of an ancient Indian sport. The 55-year-old Czech practices Mallakhamb, a gymnastics-like discipline that originated in western India in the 12th ...

A breeze rustles through leaves of oyamabokuchi plants on a farm in Katsurao, a village in Fukushima Prefecture. The herb, an edible variety of thistle, is normally found in the mountains. It is ground up and mixed with rice to produce a local delicacy called ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is set to announce Japan's new era name on April 1, government officials said Saturday. The government believes the new era name should be made public by its chief spokesman, the chief Cabinet secretary, sources said. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ...

Japan aims to double digital payments so they account for 40 percent of all financial transactions by 2025.

It will be a very long time before the Bank of Japan takes any clear steps toward normalization.

We likely need to adjust to the medium-term reality of North Korea as a nuclear weapons state.

With the Rugby World Cup coming this autumn and the All Blacks being the reigning world champions, New Zealand is currently enjoying a particularly high profile in Japan.

Perhaps one of Japan's most child-friendly hotels, Risonare Yatsugatake is a mecca for young families. The guestrooms are spacious, staff are ever-patient and there are kids' menus in the restaurants.

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Six-year-old Zorro got his name because of the mask pattern on his fur and his dashing good looks, similar to the beloved vigilante character created by Johnston McCulley who protected the oppressed. The resemblance ends there, though, except for the fact that a Shiba ...

In what felt something like a case of deja vu from last year's Masatoshi Hamada blackface fiasco, Japan welcomed in 2019 with yet another racially insensitive controversy, this time in the form of an ad from food company Nissin. The commercial, which has since been ...

Japanese director Hikari's "37 Seconds" won the Audience Award in the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday. The film, featuring amateur actress Mei Kayama, who has cerebral palsy, also won the International Confederation of Art Cinemas' Art Cinema Award in the Panorama ...

Australian Open champion and new world No. 1 Naomi Osaka talked Sunday about her recent break with coach Sascha Bajin ahead of next week's Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Osaka, who revealed on Twitter last Monday she was parting ways with Bajin, said she put ...

Chunichi Dragons pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka took leave from his Central League club on Sunday in order to treat a right shoulder injury sustained when an overzealous fan pulled his arm last week. Matsuzaka departed the Dragon's preseason camp in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture last Thursday, and ...

The annual Fuji Xerox Super Cup, held the weekend before the J. League opens for business, has over the last 25 years become a celebration of the league's vibrant and friendly matchday culture. It's an excuse for neutral fans to converge, consume popular food items ...

Race-favorite Inti ran away with an undisputed victory on Sunday at the February Stakes, while Nanako Fujita became the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade 1 race. Steered by veteran jockey Yutaka Take, Inti pulled into an early lead right ...

Mikaela Shiffrin couldn't breathe. She felt like she was suffocating. She had no energy, and self-doubt had set in. Then came some words of encouragement from her coaches: "The reality is you have to push for 60 seconds. Everything else doesn't matter. Just 60 seconds." They ...

Ryoyu Kobayashi landed on the ski jumping World Cup podium for the 15th time this season following his third-place finish in Willingen, Germany. The 22-year-old has now equaled the record number of podium finishes in a single season by a Japanese skier, set by Kazuyoshi ...

Midfielder Ryota Morioka scored his first goal since moving to Belgian side Charleroi in the club's 2-1 win over Kortrijk in the first division on Saturday. Morioka netted the equalizer from the penalty spot in the 66th minute at Guldensporen Stadion. Jeremy Perbet scored during ...

The Sunwolves learned the hard way at Singapore National Stadium that practice only makes perfect when it is done under conditions that replicate the real thing. The Japanese Super Rugby franchise may have had the longest preseason in its short history — though still far ...

The Sunwolves were taken to school on Saturday in a 45-10 loss to the Sharks in their Super Rugby season opener in which the Durban-based South African side emphatically demonstrated that the old ways are often the best. Although competitive early on at Singapore National ...

World No. 7 Kei Nishikori's hopes of a second ATP title this season were dashed by Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals of the Rotterdam Open on Saturday. The top-seeded Nishikori, who won his first title in nearly three years at the Brisbane International last month, ...