Senior trade officials from Japan and South Korea will meet on Dec. 16 to discuss Tokyo's tightened controls on technology-related exports to its Asian neighbor, industry minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said Thursday. The talks, to be held in Tokyo, will be the first of their kind ...

The report says Japan faced “three exceptionally strong extreme weather events” in 2018.

On wasteland once used for earthquake drills in the small town of Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, Shiseido has built its first domestic factory in 36 years, hoping to capitalize on a boom for "Made in Japan" cosmetics. Japan's cosmetics industry faces huge competition not only from ...

A Bank of Japan Policy Board member urged banks Thursday to downsize in number and asset holdings to become more profitable, pointing to structural factors, rather than the BOJ's easing policy, as being behind the deterioration in their profitability. In a speech to business leaders ...

Government and ruling coalition officials are considering giving tax breaks to small and midsize companies that invest ¥10 million or more in startups, sources familiar with their discussions said Wednesday. The officials see the move as a way to revitalize the nation's economy, and aim ...

Dentsu Inc. said Thursday it had again received a warning from labor authorities over illegal overtime practices. Two years after being convicted over working practices involving long hours, which had led to the suicide of an employee, the advertising giant was found to have violated ...

While the bacteria largely do not impact healthy people, the risk of dying from an infection rises in elderly people.

Economists say the stimulus package could slow down Japan’s efforts to improve its fiscal health, which is the worst among major industrialized economies.

Arpita Chaudhary, a newly recruited police constable in India's western Gujarat state, became an overnight celebrity after posting a clip of a 15-second gambol — clad in her civvies — on the hit social video app TikTok. Then she paid the price. A snippet of ...

A team of University of Tokyo researchers said Thursday it will begin later this month the nation's first clinical study on a vaccine for the Ebola virus. The new vaccine developed by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor at the university's Institute of Medical Science, and others ...

Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who died at 101 on Nov. 29, will undoubtedly be remembered as a giant in Japan's political history. But before he became a political titan and Japan's fifth-longest-serving postwar prime minister, Nakasone was on the fringes of the nation's conservative ...

Europe's oldest functioning nuclear reactor, at Switzerland's Beznau plant, will turn 50 next week — a life span deemed dangerously long by environmentalists who are demanding that it be shut down immediately. Commercial operation began at the plant in the northern canton of Aargau, near ...

Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura, one of six people gunned down in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, was a committed aid worker who had for decades provided medical treatment and help to the poor in the borderlands of the country and Pakistan. In recognition of his significant ...

Back in 1991, when climate policy was in its infancy, an Exxon subsidiary came to a startling and prescient conclusion about how to curb carbon-dioxide emissions that cause global warming: It would require a heavy price on carbon dioxide pollution before the companies creating ...

Japanese airline ANA Holdings Inc. opened Thursday what it says is the world's first store where customers can shop remotely through an avatar. The robots, standing 1.5 meters tall, will be employed at the avatar-in store through Dec. 24 in a shopping mall in Tokyo's ...

A government commission has issued a warning to more than 30 companies that received from the Recruit Holdings Co. group data predicting the odds of job-hunting students declining informal job offers. The Personal Information Protection Commission gave the warnings Wednesday, concluding that the firms' personal ...

In response to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, North Korea warned late Wednesday that if the United States takes any military action against the regime of leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang will take "prompt corresponding actions at any level." Nuclear negotiations between the U.S. ...

NATO leaders set aside public insults ranging from "delinquent" to "brain dead" and "two-faced" on Wednesday, declaring at a 70th anniversary summit they would stand together against a common threat from Russia and prepare for China's rise. Officials insisted the summit was a success: Most ...

A former senior education ministry official was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, on Wednesday for receiving bribes from a former consulting firm executive. The Tokyo District Court also gave Kazuaki Kawabata, 58, former director general for international affairs at the ...

Italy has increased relocation of migrants around Europe, official figures showed on Wednesday, reducing frictions around the issue and enabling far-right leader Matteo Salvini to steer his focus more onto the economy. Interior Ministry data showed that 172 migrants who came onshore from the Mediterranean ...

Wall Street was set to break a three-day losing streak on Wednesday, following a report that the United States and China were moving closer to signing a "phase one" trade deal. Washington and Beijing were close to agreeing on the amount of tariffs to be ...

Facebook Inc.'s Instagram said it will require birth dates from all new users starting on Wednesday, expanding the audience for ads for alcohol and other age-restricted products while offering new safety measures for younger users. Until now, Instagram except for limited circumstances has required its ...

Britain's decision on whether to allow Huawei a role in building 5G telecom networks will be based on ensuring the national security and ensuring cooperation with the U.S.-led Five Eyes intelligence alliance, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. "On Huawei and 5G, I don't ...

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk returned to court on Wednesday to resume testifying at a trial to decide whether he defamed a British diver whom the Silicon Valley billionaire called "pedo guy" on Twitter. Flanked by half a dozen men, the 48-year-old South African-born entrepreneur ...

The self-confessed middleman in the murder of a journalist told a court on Wednesday a wealthy Maltese businessman was the brains behind the killing but said people tied to government might also be implicated. Melvin Theuma received immunity from prosecution last week for information that ...

The standoff between equally matched camps may solidify into a deep rupture in the national fabric.

The protester, the party animal, the professional millennial — it seems like the Japanese capital had a place for every foreign stereotype imaginable in the past decade. We look back on a few favorites.

Ahead of his band's tour of Japan, Steve Gadd discusses a career drumming for the likes of James Brown, Eric Clapton and Steely Dan.

In this adapation of the lurid manga series "Peephole," Yosuke Sugino plays a suicidal shut-in who falls for his murderous neighbor.

Masayuki Suo's comedy celebrates a bygone era of Japanese silent films and live narrators.

In the latest James Bond movie, "No Time to Die," Daniel Craig dons the famed tuxedo of the iconic British secret agent 007 for his fifth and final time. The actor, cast and crew of the highly anticipated film, the franchise's 25th and scheduled for ...

Belgian Marc Wilmots announced he was leaving his position as coach of Iran after six matches in charge, he said on Twitter. "Contrary to the informations published in the Iranian press, no amicable agreement between the Iranian federation, myself and my staff has been found," ...

When Wataru "Wat" Misaka passed away on Nov. 20, he left an indelible legacy on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. He showed what was possible for someone who looked like he did on the basketball court. And to his eternal credit, he reached ...

Efforts are underway to familiarize the public with the rules of Paralympic sports through simulations making use of advanced technology and radio commentary ahead of the 2020 Games. Those involved in the projects believe the wider exposure could make the sports more fun to watch ...