Nikkei 225 logs biggest loss since December, with Tokyo stocks dropping 3% on global economic fears
Tokyo stocks tumbled Monday, with the Nikkei 225 index logging its biggest point loss since Dec. 25 on rekindled concerns over the global economy following the release of sluggish U.S. and European economic data. Investors ditched shares and fled to the safety of bonds as ...
Cybozu chief Yoshihisa Aono loses lawsuit at Tokyo court over right to use premarital name
A Tokyo court on Monday upheld a national law that forces couples to use the same surname upon marriage, rejecting claims over its unconstitutionality. The lawsuit against the central government was brought by Yoshihisa Aono, the 47-year-old president of software development firm Cybozu Inc., and ...
Two girls' deaths after alleged abuse expose shortcomings in Japan's child-protection services
The January death of 10-year-old Mia Kurihara in Chiba Prefecture, allegedly at the hands of her abusive father, shocked Japan after coming on the heels of a similar case involving a 5-year-old girl in Tokyo's Meguro Ward last year. In both cases, the children sought ...
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. was hit with a similar move in January.
Marrow donor volunteers in Japan hit monthly high after swimmer's leukemia announcement
Tokyo Paralympic Games get a cherry blossom torch with new color and braille text
Tsunami-hit Ishinomaki to return 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron lent as symbol of 3/11 recovery
Japan starts work on vaccinating wild boars as swine fever outbreaks continue
80% of young eels farmed in Japan may have been smuggled from Taiwan via Hong Kong
Eel is a prized summer delicacy in Japan, and the nation’s imports of young eels could spark international criticism.
Bayer announces nearly $800 million settlement to resolve Xarelto litigation
Netflix and Roku shares surge ahead of Apple's video-streaming event
Carlos Ghosn to hold news conference in mid-April or later, his lawyer says
Born to be airborne: Japanese firm aims to sell flying motorbikes by 2022
Both military-backed party and Thaksin allies claim victory in Thai election
A political party linked to exiled tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra claimed victory in Thailand's election and said it would seek to form a government, challenging a military-backed group that led in initial vote counts and has also said it won. Pheu Thai won the most seats ...
'Egg Boy' teen defends egging anti-Muslim Australian senator
The making of militants in India's 'paradise on Earth' of Kashmir
Pyongyang officials return to inter-Korean liaison office just days after unilateral pullout
Indian cities rush to ban 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' game over fear of creating 'psychopaths'
New Zealand orders top-level inquiry into whether mosque massacre could've been prevented
Pentagon sends ships through Taiwan Strait for third time in three months
'Time's up, Theresa'? Prime Minister May urged to set her own exit date to get Brexit deal
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May was under pressure on Monday to give a date for leaving office as the price to bring Brexit-supporting rebel lawmakers in her party behind her twice-defeated European Union divorce treaty. At one of the most important junctures for the country ...
Trump slams foes for 'treasonous things' as Robert Mueller report becomes his re-election weapon
'Race against time': U.N. issues urgent appeal to help survivors of Mozambique cyclone
Canadian judge rules ex-Gitmo sentence has expired, Omar Khadr can get passport
Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen's Hodeida as U.N. pushes to get warring sides to pull out
Trump formally recognizes Israeli control of Golan Heights, reversing half century of U.S. policy
Big U-turn: Key melting Greenland glacier is growing again, temporarily
Monday Finance Ministry to release preliminary customs-cleared trade statistics for February. Japan logged trade deficit of ¥1.42 trillion ($12.7 billion) in January, the widest margin of red ink in nearly five years amid steep fall in exports to China. Focus is on to what ...
Japan's Ainu recognition bill: What does it mean for Hokkaido's indigenous people?
Okinawa's referendum on relocating the U.S. Futenma base to Henoko: Why now and what's the point?
