Honda Motor Co.'s N-Box minicar was the best-selling car in Japan for the third straight month in February, data from industry bodies showed Monday. Japan's third-biggest carmaker by volume sold 19,429 N-Box cars in February, up 8.6 percent from a year earlier. Nissan Motor Co.'s ...
The capital jumped from 12th last year, while Yokohama and Osaka joined the top 10 in a report comparing the global cost of living.
Tokyo ranks as No. 3 in the world when it comes to drawing creative types.
The University of Oxford ranked first in an influential survey of the world's top universities released Thursday, becoming the first university outside the United States to take top spot, with the California Institute of Technology in second place and Stanford University third. The University of ...
Japan's women relinquished the top spot for average life expectancy in 2015 to Hong Kong, the new leader at 87.32 years, data released by the welfare ministry showed Wednesday. Japanese women now have an average life expectancy of 87.05 years, while Japanese men live for ...
But a tally of countries that hosted international meetings says that Japan ranked seventh globally in 2015.
Two of Japan’s airports were the world’s most punctual in 2015, and two of its airlines were among the world’s top five, OAG Aviation’s annual report says.
Japan ranks among the worst performers in an index comparing the emissions of 58 countries and measures to protect the climate, far below other major emitters like the United States and India, according to a report by Germanwatch and Climate Action Network Europe. Japan came ...
Japan has one of the world's worst records in tackling climate change, think tank Germanwatch said at U.N. climate talks in Paris, citing the nation's promotion of coal-fired power plants. In a study of 58 nations, it assessed Japan as the fourth-worst performing country, just ...
Hokkaido's Hakodate stands out as the nation's most attractive tourist destination for the second year in a row, according to a recent survey by a private think tank. The ranking of cities and as tourist spots by Brand Research Institute, a Tokyo-based think tank, found ...
The city of Nagoya won recognition Saturday as Japan's second "fair trade town" for promoting trade with producers in developing countries under fair conditions, including premium prices. According to Fair Trade Forum Japan, a Tokyo-based organization promoting the international movement in Japan, Nagoya has met ...
Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward has been chosen as the most "Sensuous City" among 134 in Japan, according to a new city ranking report released by a Tokyo-based think tank Thursday. To produce a ranking somewhat different from conventional ones, Home's Research Institute conducted an online survey ...
