The two, both Fuji Electric group employees, are believed to have violated China’s law governing rare earth exports.

Previously set at ¥1,000, the tax has risen to ¥3,000 for all travelers departing Japan, regardless of nationality.

Years of economic success under Alan Greenspan ultimately gave way to financial turmoil that critics say his policies helped ...

Now policymakers are facing a dilemma over whether to hold the line on carbon pricing or yield to political pressure and help ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is finalizing plans to raise about ¥200 billion ($1.23 billion) by issuing new shares and ...

Opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is stuck in Panama after unsuccessful attempts to reenter the country, has vowed ...

Why Japan and why now? Tokyo raised the first question itself: Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara protested that controls ...

The news comes after months of uncertainty and concerns about delays to the Global Combat Air Program with Britain and Italy.

The world’s oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Nino and ...

Revisions to the laws meant to tackle the imperial family’s dwindling numbers included clauses that throw succession rules ...

Ayano Sato begins her five-year term just two weeks after the BOJ raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest level in ...

The yen has tumbled past a 40-year low against the U.S. dollar, prompting the Japanese government to vow “appropriate action ...