ANA is also likely to hire only 200 new graduates in fiscal 2022, after usually taking on around 3,000 each year.

The all-time high since comparable data became available in 1978 was set also as more people spent time at home due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Government officials had said earlier Japan's coast guard is only allowed to fire weapons directly at foreign vessels in cases of self-defense and emergency escape.

Only Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. saw their production in the month climb from the previous year.

Supermarket sales rose 1.2% from the previous year with people stocking up on food and other items as they refrained from going out amid the virus pandemic.

The 73-year-old veteran has built a reputation for being calm, ruthless and completely on top of the brief, but may be facing his biggest challenge yet.

Tokyo has been cautious about implementing sanctions on the Myanmar regime to avoid jeopardizing the relationship it has built with military leaders over decades.

The 91-year-old chairman will leave the post at a shareholders meeting in June.

Shareholder votes on climate are likely to win more support than in previous years from asset managers seeking clarity on how executives plan to adapt and prosper in a low-carbon world.

The politicians, including the minister in charge of gender equality, say that a change could result in the collapse of the social system.

Vaccinations of older people will start on a small scale nationwide before ramping up from April 26, the country's vaccine czar, Taro Kono, told reporters.

While women have expressed interest in the LDP leadership, they have never marshaled the factional backing that is critical to success.

The relay begins March 25 in Fukushima Prefecture and what's normally a time of excitement and hope ahead of an Olympics will instead be held under the shadow of a pandemic.

Yamada was treated to a meal worth ¥74,000 by the prime minister's son and other officials from a broadcasting firm while overseeing policy at the communications ministry.

The United States has been besieged by supply shortages since the onset of the pandemic.

In October, Foxconn introduced its first-ever EV chassis and software platform, and has two light vehicles and a bus planned for around the fourth quarter.

Experts say rampant construction is adding to the burden weighing on rural communities across the Himalayas.

Regulators had accused the companies, who dominate online advertising, of draining cash away from traditional news organizations while using their content for free.

A torrent of fake news on Facebook has put activists, journalists, politicians and lawyers in a potentially deadly spot.

There have been about three weeks of daily protests and strikes and students pledged to come out again in the commercial hub of Yangon on Thursday.

Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that its HondaJet was the best-selling small business aircraft in the world for the fourth straight year in 2020 thanks to its high performance, spacious cabin and fuel economy. The Japanese automaker said its aircraft-manufacturing unit delivered a total of ...

Irisnaide Silva leads one of two main Indigenous groups in the Amazonian state of Roraima. Many see her as a traitor manipulated by intruders keen to grab lands and resources.

The figure marks the capital's 19th consecutive day of posting numbers below the 500 threshold.

As the world warms, some cities are having to ration water during extended droughts, while others see agricultural lands and reservoirs threatened by floods and sea-level rise.

China has dramatically increased its prosecution of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang through the formal court system, handing out long prison terms for dubious charges such as "picking quarrels" and giving gifts to overseas relatives, a rights group said Wednesday. These criminal convictions are in addition ...

With the virus mostly contained throughout much of Asia, governments have had the luxury to wait and see how safely and effectively the vaccines can blunt disease.

Two of the six women running Europe’s biggest banks are in the Nordic region, at DNB ASA and Svenska Handelsbanken AB.

Some have arrived through a route that grants immigration officers discretion to allow entry for six months, but are now trapped with no job and no cash, reliant on hand-outs.

Two pilots and an employee of a small private airline were each jailed for four years and two months.

The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19, including newer variants, according to documents released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday. The news came as the regulator was set to convene an independent panel Friday that will ...

It was the largest study yet to quantify the impact of the vaccine outside the rigorous confines of a randomized, blinded clinical trial aimed at measuring effectiveness for regulators.

The health ministry reported that the number of deaths across the nation dropped by more than 9,300 in 2020 to around 1.4 million.

Joint military drills and cooperation on energy are the first steps for Japan to enhance its ties with the U.S. and Australia to help counter Beijing.

Since the Abe administration, Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) vision continues to evolve as conditions demand but at its core it stresses the pursuit of a rules-based order in the region, including the maritime security domain. It also aims to contribute to the ...

National security strictly defined should drive government action, not a desire to protect domestic companies.

With coronavirus vaccines slowly making their way through the country, it's as good a time as any to administer a shot of new Japanese words and terms.

The 'Under the Turquoise Sky' director mixes realism, fantasy and comedy in his visually stirring feature debut about a Japanese man who goes on a journey of self-discovery in Mongolia.

Guitarist Azusa Suga based part of the sound for the Tokyo rock band's new album “Ethernity” on American suburbia and pop culture from the 1990s.

Yukiko Sode’s insightful drama about Japan’s ruling class and the masses stars Kiko Mizuhara and Mugi Kadowaki as women who find common ground despite their vastly different upbringings.

Osaka record store owners Eiji Taniguchi and Norio Sato have unearthed some musical treasures from 1989-96 for this bright and buoyant compilation.

Woods underwent surgery to repair "significant orthopedic injuries" to his lower right leg and ankle, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center chief medical officer Anish Mahajan said.

France's Six Nations game against Scotland is in doubt again on after the French rugby federation (FFR) suspended training on Thursday because of another player testing positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number infected to 11. The entire squad was now isolating, the FFR said, ...

The refugee team that will compete at the Tokyo Olympics will be finalized in June from a group of 55 athletes from across 12 sports, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday. The IOC unveiled its first team of refugees at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics ...

Athletes are being encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics but it will not be compulsory, IOC Vice President John Coates said Thursday. "Not compulsory, we can't do that," Coates, head of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games, told ...

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said she wants to set a direction on the issue around that day.

"Gender equality and women’s empowerment is going to be something that is going to be promoted,” Hashimoto said.

Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka and Kento Momota, the top-ranked men's badminton player, were among the nominees for the 22nd annual Laureus World Sports Awards, the awards' organizers said Wednesday. Osaka, who won her third Grand Slam title last year by capturing her second U.S. Open ...

The International Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday that Brisbane was the preferred candidate to host the 2032 Games and said it would enter "targeted dialogue" with bid organizers. "The IOC future host commission recommended that the executive committee initiate a targeted dialogue with Brisbane and ...

Speaking at an online news conference, Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi said the IOC wanted the decision made "as late as possible.