Bank of Japan Governor Ueda is meeting with Japan PM Ishiba.I wouldn't be reading too much into this. The head of the BoJ and Japan's Prime...

Japan’s percentage of short-selling to total trades is at the lowest since July last year, in terms of the 60-day moving average.

Since the end of the COVID pandemic, articles have been appearing sporadically in the tabloid press about Japanese females who embark on sho...

Japan's Trade Minister, Yoji Muto, is planning a trip to the United States in March to request that the Trump administration exempt Japan fr...

Sony’s Columbia Pictures has secured the rights to remake “366 Days,” the Japanese romantic drama that has taken the box office by storm, fo...

By YURI KAGEYAMATOKYO (AP) — Yoshiko Abe is about to turn 89, but that hasn’t stopped her from going to the gym every day and trying the fr...

WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language tutor for travele...

The number of inbound visitors is estimated to have risen 40.6% from a year before to 3,781,200, exceeding 3 million for the fourth consecut...

A teaser from Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted that the company would unveil a new iPhone on February 19, but during the eleventh-hour, there are s...

TOKYO: A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for attempting to kill Japan’s then prime minister Fumio Kishida with a pipe bomb...

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2025. There are 315 days left in the year.Today in history:On Feb. 19, 1942, during World War...

Court says the attack was a serious challenge to democracy and posed a significant danger to many people.

The U.S. president says he plans to impose tariffs of 25% on automobile imports to the U.S., though he has not said which countries would be...

Japan recorded a trade deficit of 2.76 trillion yen in January, the Finance Ministry reported Wednesday, as worries continue to grow about l...

Real interest rates remain negativeBOJ abandoned YCC so must allow markets to determine yield levelsBut need to be vigilant to any sharp ris...