China's crackdown in Hong Kong has left Japanese finance firms "very much afraid" and reconsidering whether to remain in the city, a senior banker said Monday in a rare public declaration of concern from within the industry. Yoshitaka Kitao, chief executive of financial conglomerate SBI ...

Thousands of visitors from across Japan have made trips to the phone, including people who have lost relatives to sickness and suicide.

If realized, Suga could become the first foreign leader to meet with Biden in person under his presidency.

The president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, has vowed to responsibly scrap the crippled reactors and revitalize the economies of its host communities, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the accident. In a recent ...

One staffer at the Cabinet Secretariat's Office for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control was in the office for 391 hours outside of regular working hours in the month.

One recent project looks at how a new AI model can help predict flooding in coastal areas before a tsunami reaches land.

Medical personnel within the Self-Defense Forces have been dispatched across the country to support pandemic-stricken areas since last year.

It remains unclear how quickly shots will become available for all of the country's 36 million older people.

As the capital enters an extension to the current state of emergency, the cumulative number of cases in Tokyo now stands at 113,571.

The agreement on a “meaningful increase” in cost-sharing could prompt the U.S. to ask Japan to play a larger role in its regional strategy instead of doling out more cash, experts say.

Thousands of apple trees in small forest villages have been chopped down and wooden homes knocked down by police, forest guards and other officials.

Meghan said her son, Archie, had been denied the title of prince because there were concerns within the royal family about how dark his skin might be.

After a decade of violence and human tragedy that has made Syria the defining war of the early 21st century, the fighting has tapered off but the suffering hasn't.

Since March 11, 2011, more than 350 kilometers of seawalls have been built along the Tohoku coastline.

New research is allowing scientists to envision a future where megathrust quakes are not only less unexpected, but perhaps, to a certain degree, predictable.

Yasuhiko Taniwaki, who was a vice minister for policy coordination at the communications ministry, was treated to expensive meals by a telecom giant.

The government panel shaping the nation's energy future sees the restart of almost every reactor halted after meltdowns in 2011 as necessary to meet climate goals.

The current account balance, one of the widest gauges of international trade, registered a surplus of ¥646.8 billion ($6 billion), down 2.3% from a year ago.

After the Tokyo Olympics chief was forced to resign over sexist remarks, the media industry now faces questions over male dominance of its upper ranks.

The survey also found that 14.1% of respondents have only one official for that particular responsibility.

While 78.4% of respondents said they felt Japan should make more concerted efforts in advancing gender equality, many also felt its realization was far on the horizon.

DJI is one of dozens of companies caught in the crossfire of trade and diplomatic hostilities between Washington and Beijing, like Huawei and ByteDance.

Australia has suspended its defense cooperation program with Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said, amid an intensified crackdown by the country's military on massive protests against last month's coup. Australia will also redirect immediate humanitarian needs to Rohingya and other ethnic minorities, Payne said ...

The case before the Supreme Court involved the vexed question of the meaning of the word "converted:” Which conversions count as qualifying a person for citizenship under the law?

It is often said that “generals fight the last battle.” The same could probably be said for disaster responders. However, each disaster presents new challenges.

What if the quake that hit Tohoku 10 years ago happened along the Nankai Trough to the south of Japan? Well, experts are predicting this very scenario.

Roger Federer never contemplated retirement as he spent 13 months on the sidelines due to double knee surgery last year and the 39-year-old says he isn't feeling any pain, ready to play again and is feeling like his story is not over yet. Federer, who ...

Sports-mad Australia has 73 statues and sculptures of cricketers dotted around the country, and they all depict men. That's about to change, as Cricket Australia on Monday commissioned the first statue of a female player to address the glaring gender imbalance. Who will be immortalized in ...

Manchester United snapped Manchester City's record winning streak with an impressive 2-0 victory against the Premier League leaders, while Liverpool hit a new low as relegation-threatened Fulham won at Anfield on Sunday. Pep Guardiola's side was on an English top-flight record run of 21 straight ...

She was buoyed through the hard times by her dream of joining the Japanese women's national team, Nadeshiko Japan, which beat the odds in 2011 and brought joy to the tsunami-hit nation.

A contest between Gamba Osaka and Nagoya Grampus was postponed two hours before kickoff last week after players and staff tested positive for COVID-19.

After earlier capturing the 3-Point Contest title, Stephen Curry combined with Damian Lillard for 16 3-pointers and 60 points for Team LeBron.

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard says he's eager to make his Olympic debut at the rescheduled Tokyo Games in July even if it means flying halfway around the world on tight timeline. If the Clippers make a long run through the NBA postseason and ...

The victory was DeChambeau's first since a dominating run to the U.S. Open title in September and was inspired by a text from Tiger Woods before the final round began.