The yen threatened to test ¥160 to the dollar on Thursday as investors balanced the fundamentals, which suggest weakening, and the ever-present possibility that Japan and the United States will spend ...

First-year ⁠Browns coach Todd Monken told reporters on Wednesday that Watson will play the first half against the Bears.

The Shinto shrine is regarded by neighboring Asian countries such as South Korea and China as a symbol of Japan’s wartime ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi described the visit as incompatible with Japan’s position on the islands, which are an inherent part of Japanese territory.

U.S. technology giant Google opened its first directly run store outside the United States in Tokyo’s fashionable Omotesando district Thursday. The store sells smartphones and offers repair services.

Around 90% of Ukraine’s exports of wheat, corn and sunflower — of which it is among the world’s largest producers — go through the Black Sea.

The number of passport applications in Japan in July increased 1.6 times from a year earlier to about 530,000, following a fee reduction starting that month, it was learned Thursday. There were about ...

Safety checks were completed quickly following the 7.1 magnitude earthquake on July 28, which registered up to 7, the highest level on Japan’s seismic intensity scale.

Crown Prince Akishino declined to discuss the revised Imperial House Law, enacted last month, at a news conference at the Akasaka East Residence in Tokyo on Thursday. “I have various thoughts,” but ...

Mounting debts are the latest blow for an initiative that has struggled with governance, supply chain problems, mass food-poisoning and financial cutbacks.

Companies may be enjoying a summer sales boost, but behind the scenes they are preparing for a future where consumers want ...

Goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue helped Paris St. Germain retain the ⁠UEFA Super Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa on Wednesday. PSG, the back-to-back Champions League winner, ...