Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her second reshuffled Cabinet on Sept. 17 after personally reviewing questionnaires ...

Sun Guangqing’s prefabricated homes factory in China opened in 2022 just as the property sector entered a prolonged crisis ...

BRUSSELS—Despite electing its first female prime minister, Japan remained in the bottom 20 percent of countries covered in ...

CHIBA—A record 1,138 domestic and foreign companies are exhibitors at the Tokyo Game Show, a convention that ...

A naming ceremony for a new cruise ship was held on Sept. 16 in Yokohama, the latest entrant in Japan’s campaign to expand ...

SEOUL—South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Thursday that an announcement on Seoul’s U.S. investment plans under its ...

Japan’s government on Aug. 7 officially launched a contentious debate on capping its foreign population as a high-level working group convened for the first time to hash out a future immigration ...

The “Dadachamame,” a specialty product of this northeastern city, is a line of “edamame” soybeans that are eaten green and ...

Longtime Canon Inc. President Fujio Mitarai will step down from his post at the age of 90, but he has no plans to retire for now. Canon announced on Jan. 29 that Executive Vice President Kazuto Ogawa, ...

The Fair Trade Commission on June 16 began on-site inspections of six major ice cream producers over allegations they formed a pricing cartel that reduced competition and hurt consumers, sources said.

Experts are warning to take precautions amid an increasing number of fires linked to the usage and storage of battery-operated devices at high temperatures, along with other related accidents. The ...

The average price of a new apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards in fiscal 2025 topped 130 million yen ($827,000) for the first time, while surrounding areas also soared to record highs, a report showed. The ...