At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a ...

Japan’s famous akoya pearls have never been more in demand but, as seas warm and younger generations move to the city, the ...

Japan's finance minister said on Sunday that recent erratic swings in the foreign exchange market and rapid yen weakening are ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government on Friday finalised a $117 billion supplementary budget for this ...

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in November as firms continued to ...

Tokyo’s version of Trump’s cost-cutting department follows stimulus plans that fuelled worries about fiscal sustainability ...

A court has found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage constitutional in the last of six cases likely to be brought ...

PM Sanae Takaichi's stance on Taiwan could cause tensions with China to spiral out of hand, writes Kerry Brown.

Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off ...

A Japanese court has ruled the country's ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional - bucking a trend set by courts around ...

China is turning to a well-used playbook to express its displeasure with Japan over a statement by its prime minister on ...

Japan's Cabinet has approved a $135-billion stimulus package to help spur the economy and relieve the impact of higher prices ...