NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Shin Ohashi of Japan set a world record in the 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday at the Asian Games, swimming a time of 2 minutes, 4.83 seconds. The old record was 2:05.48 set by ...

Japanese government bond yields spiked on Thursday as the country's fixed income markets played catch up after a three-day break. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield jumped nearly 8 basis points to 3.068% ...

Japan’s prime minister will meet President Trump to discuss China’s economic and security pressure while also seeking to ...

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Thursday ​that the principles underpinning ‌the coordinated Japan-US ...

Japan’s prime minister has insisted her country is no longer an enemy state, as she appealed to the UN to change its Charter.

Two-thirds of the games presented by the Moscow Video Game and Animation Cluster (Moscow Game Hub) at Tokyo Game Show 2026 have been localized into Japanese. The cluster, one of the global leaders in ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the United Nations should scrub the World War II-era designation from its Charter. China and Russia have used the term recently to attack Japan.

The idea of "meiwaku o kakenai" — not inconveniencing others — is often cited.

Taiwan's largest listed travel company, will further advance its global expansion by exhibiting for the first time with its own dedicated booth at "Tourism EXPO Japan 2026," held at Tokyo Big Sight ...

Tokyo is getting a futuristic addition to its famously efficient transport network. To accompany its train and subway systems, which are so bafflingly punctual that a 20-second delay warrants a formal ...

The world’s largest coffee company announced the partnership on social media (thanks Famitsu ), which will see ...

EBiDAN's "Yes! Tokyo" slips to No. 2 after holding at No. 1 for two straight weeks. By Billboard Japan INI‘s “You Know What To Do” tops the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released Sept. 23. The ...