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 ...

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over reports that her aide was involved in posting videos on social media to disparage her rivals in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race ...

Activist investors, sometimes likened to the “Black Ships” that forced Japan to open its borders, are increasingly pushing companies to “open” their boardrooms. The number of proposals from ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON--The U.S. State ‌Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five ⁠foreign missions in a rare downsizing ⁠of America’s global diplomatic footprint, according to people familiar ...

Temperatures surged to the 40-degree range in central Japan on July 21 for the first time in Japan this year, as the nation continued to bake following the end of the rainy season. Gujo, Gifu ...

Iwojima island, the stark volcanic outpost home to one of World War II’s fiercest battles, remains the site of an unfinished ...

The primary focus in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet reshuffle was the fate of Yoshimasa Hayashi, a veteran lawmaker ...

A former Japanese Red Army faction member involved in a 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet has reportedly died in North ...

NAGOYA—The Olympic Council of Asia is attempting to quell complaints about lodging for athletes and officials at the Asian ...

Poplar Publishing Co., a prominent producer of children’s books in Japan, has set up a subsidiary in India in a bid to break ...

YOKOHAMA—Nissan Motor Co. is seeing signs of recovery despite challenges in overseas markets and plans to drive growth ...