Kiyohiko Toyama, former acting secretary-general of Komeito, has admitted to visiting a hostess bar in Tokyo's Ginza district despite calls to avoid unnecessary outings at night.

The nation’s flag carrier is now forecasting a net loss of ¥300 billion for the 12 months ending March 31.

Nintendo shares outperformed console rivals Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. in 2020 and the new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have faced production and logistics setbacks.

Many rural counties have excelled at getting injections into arms fast and efficiently, outpacing big cities despite disadvantages in health care infrastructure.

As a third wave of infections overwhelms contact tracers at public health centers, many are leaning more heavily on the state-developed COCOA app. But is it up to the task?

The law is aimed at protecting small firms doing business with tech giants, which may use their strong bargaining power to impose unfair business terms on their smaller partners.

Takahama Mayor Yutaka Nose reached his decision after receiving assurances from the government that it would boost revitalization projects and the town's funding.

With international travel already restricted, some with ties to the country are concerned that business exchanges and investments may be further destabilized.

The return of Shunsuke Yaita to Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, could upset government plans to allow Mage Island to be used for U.S. military plane takeoff and landing exercises.

The figure was the lowest daily tally since Dec. 21, when the capital confirmed 392 cases, and pushed the capital's cumulative number of cases past 100,000.

Electrification can add ¥1 million to ¥2 million to the price tag of a smaller kei vehicle, potentially doubling its price.

The U.S. and Australia urged the military to release those detained and to respect the election results, while Japan urged a peaceful resolution to the turmoil.

Advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. and logistics firm Nippon Express Co. are among those firms now considering selling their Tokyo headquarters.

Having sidestepped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic so far, Vietnam aims to rev up its economy over the next five years, trusting its custom-tooled mix of free trade deals, privatization and tight COVID-19 curbs. Armed with a raft of free trade deals envied by ...

AstraZeneca PLC will deliver 9 million additional vaccine doses to the European Union in the first quarter of this year as the bloc tries to get its chaotic inoculation drive on track. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Sunday on Twitter that the ...

It’s the kind of rescue that the most indebted companies in America can only dream of: a fresh injection of cash that doesn’t hurt their already depressed stock price or load even more costly debt onto their balance sheet. Yet thanks to the army of ...

Volunteers are being recruited to help deliver U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's goal of vaccinating 15 million of those most at risk from the virus by mid-February.

The French government begins a public consultation exercise on Monday aimed at devising ways to increase public confidence in the police that has been eroded by repeated scandals over racism and brutality. The initiative was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron in December in order to ...

Travelers on the services are allowed to use the special carriage to speak on the phone, which is discouraged on the rest of the train, and hold online meetings.

The ByteDance Ltd. rival has become the biggest livestreaming platform for virtual gifts, with more paying monthly users than any other in the world.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced that two trial lawyers will take over representing him at his upcoming impeachment trial after parting ways with his previous defense team. Attorneys David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor Jr. will head his impeachment defense, the former president announced ...

In Singapore, public support for a contact tracing app took a hit after authorities disclosed in January that police had used the app’s data in a murder investigation.

At an LDP meeting last week, lawmakers attacked the new law. One warned, "China is taking aim at the Senkaku Islands," while another said, "China's move is nothing less than a threat."

The protest was a test of Navalny's support after many of his prominent allies were targeted in a crackdown earlier.

The contrast with President Donald Trump’s divisive, isolationist rhetoric could not be sharper. But adopting a different tone is easier than reversing America’s relative decline.

There are valid objections around privacy and the risk of exacerbating inequalities. Fortunately, good technology and sound policy should be able to surmount both.

In India, defense experts fear allowing Huawei and ZTE’s 5G technology in India would seriously compromise the entire command and communication structure of the Indian military.

For the third quarter in a row, Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. generated billions upon billions in profits and flexed the power of their dominant businesses.

Japan is often touted as an expensive place to live. With a high quality of living, national health system, vibrant cultural scene, admirable levels of education and safety — it’s not hard to understand some of the reasons why people want to call it ...

The eyes of the nation are upon you, and they are making sure that you put the trash out correctly.

Some medical experts have questioned the idea of the staging of the games being linked to the availability of vaccines.

With the return of its former ace, the Tohoku team gets a player who can help win games on the field and comes with a massive amount of star power.

Naomi Osaka said it was Serena Williams and Billie Jean King, and also her boyfriend, who influenced her decision to become part-owner of women's soccer team North Carolina Courage, she revealed Sunday. Osaka, the reigning U.S. Open champion, announced the investment on Thursday, with the ...

Snowboarder Yuto Totsuka outdueled two-time defending gold medalist Scotty James for his first X Games Aspen gold medal on Sunday night in the men's snowboard superpipe contest in Aspen, Colorado. The 19-year-old had finished runner-up to James, Australia's snowboarding wonder boy, the past two years ...

World No. 3 and defending U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem admitted Monday that it will be tough to match his breakthrough year in 2020, but plans to give it his best shot. The Austrian finally got over the hump in Grand Slam events when he ...

Sara Takanashi placed second, her best performance this season, at the International Ski Federation women's ski jumping World Cup competition in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany, on Sunday. Takanashi scored a combined 263.5 points for her leaps of 136.5 and 134.5 meters and finished just 2.2 points behind ...

Akito Watabe put up a strong fight against Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber and finished third, earning his fourth straight podium finish, on Day 3 of the Nordic combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria. Riiber, who finished atop the rankings in both of the previous days' ...