There is skepticism among market players that the BOJ will not be able to cut rates further into negative territory.

A glacial burst that triggered a deadly flash flood in the Indian Himalayas over the weekend was a disaster waiting to happen, and one likely to be repeated in a region transformed by climate change and unchecked infrastructure development, experts warn. Asia is home to ...

The projection also showed that the country's gross domestic product in 2020 shrank a real 5.06% from 2019.

Even amid forecasts that global energy demand could peak as early as the 2030s, producers expect buyers to continue using oil for decades more as economies transition to cleaner fuels.

The invite-only drop-in conversation app, currently only on iPhones, topped the country’s download charts with more than 440,000 new installs last week.

The government was looking to downgrade the emergency in three prefectures this week, but it's politically safer for Suga to keep the measures in place for the time being.

Meanwhile, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said she would not attend four-party Olympic talks later this month, where local media speculated Mori's comments are expected to be discussed.

The carmaker, a worldwide Olympic sponsor, said it issued Toyoda's message on Wednesday because it concluded it should not keep silent.

With Beijing beefing up its powers in contested areas such as the Senkaku Islands, questions have arisen over how Tokyo should handle coastal security incidents.

The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the global auto sector but demand recovered swiftly in the second half of last year.

U.S. intelligence on the supposed origin of the coronavirus pandemic was not reliable, a member of the special WHO mission to China said Wednesday, after Washington cast doubt on the transparency of the probe. The World Health Organization mission ended Tuesday without finding the source ...

Analysts say Yoshiaki Murakami may have a controversial past, but his campaigns generate returns for other stock owners.

The first shots, which are expected to be for medical workers, could begin around Feb. 17.

The plaintiff side expressed its intention to appeal to a higher court.

"I'm not going to attend it as it wouldn't send a positive message given the current situation," Gov. Yuriko Koike told reporters.

For years, the Chinese government has prevented its 1.4 billion people from speaking freely online. Then, for a precious few days, that wall was breached.

Although the number of digital nomads is hard to pin down, experts believe there are millions around the world.

The order for Kobayashi Kako Co. will be effective starting Wednesday through June 5, said the Fukui Prefectural Government.

The measure began Monday and shows the percentage of change in foot traffic around each of four busy stations compared to January 2020.

The firm will offer buyout packages to 1,000 full-time and 150 postretirement workers while asking about 1,600 part-timers to quit.

The central government requested the Tokyo Fire Department in the early hours of March 18 to help out with the situation in Fukushima.

Around 9,600 foreign nationals in Japan and abroad are signed up for the virus-postponed Tokyo Games, which organizers insist will go ahead this year despite raging infections worldwide.

State Department spokesman Ned Price on Tuesday played down concerns that not engaging North Korea swiftly could lead Pyongyang to take provocative actions to draw the attention of the new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden. "We would be more concerned with the prospect of ...

Online conferences with residents of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima are expected to start in mid-February, according to the source.

Dhananjay Regmi, CEO of Nepal's tourism board, said in the long run the changing climate will undoubtedly lead to fewer tourists.

The spread of working from home and the reduced opportunities of business trips around the country hurt shinkansen services as well as conventional train services.

Rawiri Waititi said forcing him to a Western dress code was a breach of his rights and an attempt to suppress indigenous culture.

Japan consistently ranks poorly in the World Economic Forum's gender gap rankings, coming 121st out of 153 countries in 2020.

When Judge Roy Ferguson opened up virtual proceedings of a court in Texas on Zoom on Tuesday, he was not expecting to see two lawyers and a kitten.

With recent pro-democracy protests virtually snuffed out and Beijing enshrining control last year via a national security law, bags are being packed once more.

The deal aims to aims to mass produce automated vehicles and launch them on ride-hailing networks, including Uber’s, over the next few years.

New research highlighted how the potential health benefits of climate action could give added impetus to countries to submit more ambitious national climate plans.

A WHO expert said identifying an animal pathway remains a "work in progress."

A shortage of special syringes capable of extracting the final dose from vials provided by the drugmaker could slash the number of shots by 12 million.

Interviews with government advisers and others who worked with Aung San Suu Kyi help reconstruct the events that led to the Feb. 1 coup.

The move clears the way for arguments to begin on whether Trump incited an insurrection by inflaming the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last month.

Opposition party members wore white jackets with white roses to a Diet session in an homage to the women's suffrage movement.

East Asian economies should take great pride in what they achieved in 2020. But they cannot rest on their laurels.

Biden has space to pursue an Iran policy that is neither a reaction to Trump’s nor a straightforward continuation of Obama’s.

If you don’t already know, Clubhouse is a year-old social media service consisting of virtual "rooms” where people can talk to each other — by voice.

The farmer’s protest constitutes the largest and most sustained mass protest that Modi has faced since being re-elected with a landslide majority in 2019.

Crippling U.S.-led sanctions from the late 1980s paved the way for China to become Myanmar’s dominant trading partner and investor.

Koji Yakusho delivers a captivating performance as a former yakuza thug struggling to adjust to life after leaving prison in Miwa Nishikawa’s drama.

Rikiya Imaizumi’s bittersweet comedy-drama delves into the fan culture that flourished during the heyday of idol collective Hello! Project in the early 2000s.

Playwright J.T. Rogers' drama about the clandestine negotiations that led to the historic agreements reveals what went on behind the scenes.

Craig Tiley believes that Tokyo 2020's recently released playbook does not go far enough in order to protect athletes from the risk of infection.

The B. League club is the first from Japan to sign on to the United Nations initiative, joining a number of top organizations and teams including FIFA and the New York Yankees.

The Dallas Mavericks have opted to stop playing the U.S. national anthem before games this season, reports said Tuesday, breaking with a pregame ritual that is widespread in American sports. The Athletic website said the Mavericks' policy against playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before home games ...

Even though the March tournament will go ahead this year, the fact that it will be in Tokyo rather than Osaka means the annual event will be missing some of its trademarks.

Midfielder Kanya Fujimoto struck his maiden goal for Portuguese first-division club Gil Vicente on Tuesday, netting the opener in a 2-1 loss to league leaders Sporting Lisbon. The 21-year-old, who moved from J. League second-division side Tokyo Verdy on loan last August, made his presence ...

Andreescu's comeback after a 15-month absence ended abruptly in the Australian Open second round on Wednesday with a 6-3 6-2 defeat to the wily Hsieh Su-wei.

Katsuyuki Mori, a former member of superstar pop idol group SMAP, will need a year to recover after fracturing his pelvis and lumbar spine during a motorcycle race, the Japan Keirin Autorace foundation said Tuesday. The 46-year-old competing in auto race — a Japanese version ...

Those who have a temperature of 37.5 degrees C or more twice at venues will not be allowed to enter, while their areas of activity and where they can eat will be restricted.

Bradley Beal scored 35 points to lead the Washington Wizards to a 105-101 road victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. In a matchup of two of the NBA's best scorers, Chicago's Zach LaVine matched Beal's point total with 35 points of his own. But ...