A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

Like others gathered at an indoor arena in Nagoya on Sept. 20, 15-year-old Saki Kobayashi waited eagerly for a glimpse of ...

Kabuki film “Kokuho” (National Treasure) took home top honors in 10 categories, including best picture, at the 49th Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony in Tokyo on March 13. “Kokuho,” which set the ...

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its policy interest rate from around 0.75 percent to about 1.0 percent at an upcoming rate-setting meeting, as it prioritizes curbing inflation risks over an ...

NEW YORK—The yen jumped by more than 2% against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as traders ramped up bets on ‌a Bank of Japan interest rate hike, while analysts pointed to BOJ data showing ⁠no official ...

NEW YORK--In January, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani took office as mayor of New York City, heralding a new era in the city’s history. Together with his new team, Mamdani is rolling out his ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her second reshuffled Cabinet on Sept. 17 after personally reviewing questionnaires filled by Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers on what posts they desired in ...

Akiko Sugaya wheels a cart through the alley-like streets of eastern Tokyo selling tofu, the protein-rich staple favored in much of Asia. But delivering soybean curd in all shapes and textures is only ...

SoftBank’s promise to pay its highest-ever yields in a record $11 billion junk-bond offering highlights the pressure on CEO Masayoshi Son to secure returns on his all-in bet on AI amid concerns about ...

Powerful Typhoon No. 6 was expected to bring heavy rain and violent winds to Okinawa Prefecture on June 1 before veering toward the main Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. The Japan ...

Images of “diplomatic superiority” shown by Chinese state media have exacerbated the Japan-China feud over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan. The footage concerned the Nov. 18 talks ...

Ayuri Shimano had always felt frustrated in childhood because of the hurdles she had to overcome while pursuing the same baseball dreams as her two older brothers. While they competed in the ...