The pain continues for Japan’s biggest brokerage after already taking a $2.9-billion hit from its dealings with an obscure investment firm.

Some online brokerages operate in a gray area, allowing Chinese investors to evade capital controls to trade in markets like Hong Kong and New York.

However sincere the Kremlin's engagement may be, some initiatives lack detail, while others could drag wider geopolitical disputes into negotiations.

Complications could slow or sink the whole endeavor, leaving gaps in defenses and questions about security promises kept.

Japan's consumer confidence in October rose to its highest level in almost two and a half years.

Global supply chains have been strained by a pair of pandemic-related problems: labor issues and a surge in demand for goods.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has not referred to the LDP scandals in almost any other campaign speeches so far.

This means that a baseball stadium with a capacity of 40,000 people, for instance, will be allowed to accept up to 20,000 fans.

The company said Friday it expects a net loss of ¥100 billion for the year through March, rather than an earlier projected net profit of ¥3.5 billion.

The underwater eruption of the volcano located in the Ogasawara island chain was so powerful that it resulted in the formation of a C-shaped isalnd near Iwoto Island.

The bZ4X, which resembles Toyota’s popular Rav-4, is set for release in North America, Japan, China and Europe in mid-2022.

The status of many nuclear plants in 2030 and thereafter is unclear considering the facilities' 40-year operating limit and other regulatory hurdles.

The jump came as businesses sought staff ahead of the economic restart linked to the government's lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency.

With everything from the pandemic to nuclear power weighing on voters' minds, there has been increased discussion about the direction that Japan should take.

One worker was killed and another left injured as a result of a fall of rocks triggered by blasting operations.

Six opposition parties have promised that they will seek to present bills to the Diet next year to help protect LGBTQ people against discrimination and legalize same-sex marriage.

Older voters are mostly sticking with left-wing parties, mindful of Okinawa's past as one of the bloodiest battlegrounds of World War II.

Will traders be in for a trick or a treat from the Halloween vote?

Sharper production has been falling amid global supply shortages weakening a key pillar of Japan’s recovery and will likely weigh on third quarter growth.

As the economy emerges from the worst pandemic in a century, getting enough products to consumers is a daunting challenge for nearly everyone.

Chinook helicopters, ultralight towed howitzers and rifles, supersonic cruise missiles and a cutting-edge surveillance system will support troops in the Himalayas.

Underneath the surface, signs are increasing that the U.S. and China are starting to climb out of the diplomatic spiral that began with former President Donald Trump’s steel tariffs in March 2018.

Shibuya Ward is once again putting on a virtual Halloween. However, the municipality's experiments in the digital sphere could lead to something more interesting than ghosts and pumpkins.

The name change is the most definitive signal so far of the company’s intention to stake its future on a new computing platform — the "metaverse."

The grouping wants countries to ramp up their plans for emissions cuts at every annual U.N. climate summit through to 2025.

Leaders, who will gather for talks on Saturday and Sunday in Rome, will pledge to take urgent steps to reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the draft shows.

Efforts are underway to buoy turnout amid widespread political disenchantment, especially among the young. Will more eligible voters exercise their rights during the Lower House election?

The ASEAN meeting included talks with Japan, the U.S., Australia and China that reaffirmed the organization’s “centrality” to those countries’ thinking about the region.

Some in Tokyo are wondering if Washington changed its traditional strategic “ambiguity” policy on Taiwan to “clarity.”

Instead of taxing the wealthiest each year on their assets, as has been proposed, Biden’s original plan would tax them upon their death.

The hook on the car door, Bloody Mary, there are plenty of urban legends in the West that will provide frights on Halloween. Japan has its share of scares, too.

Ueno was formerly a student of Japanese cellist Hakuro Mori, professor at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo.

The Conversation Series at Asia Lounge, a program of discussions that the director helps curate, gives Tokyo's annual film festival a philosophical boost.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred backed the team's nickname and "Tomahawk Chop" cheer this week.

The Chunichi Dragons on Friday named their former star infielder Kazuyoshi Tatsunami as the new manager of the Central League club, while the Pacific League's Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks confirmed second-team manager Hiroshi Fujimoto will be promoted as their new skipper. The 52-year-old Tatsunami, whose club ...

Shinjo's signing as manager comes after the team hired former coach and Tokyo Olympic baseball manager Atsunori Inaba as general manager.

Flyhalf Quade Cooper said he was "hurting" about his decision to opt out of Australia's season-ending tour of Japan, while center Samu Kerevi told critics not to question his love for the Wallabies as the pair came under fire from fans on Friday. Cooper, Kerevi ...

Lewis Hamilton is 12 points behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen with five races remaining.

"Of course the other awards are nice, but being chosen (as Player of the Year) by my fellow players, who are actually out there battling on the field, makes this special."