Japan

As Japan's stock market posts a 33-year high, optimists point to the underlying robustness of firms' earnings but pessimists are wary of potential policy change.

Mehar Sultan May 23, 2023

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has met with Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, at the G7 summit in Japan.

Jake Pike May 23, 2023

The partnership between Britain and Japan responds to the "current energy crisis and to climate change" with the aim of advancing clean energy technologies. Meanwhile, Japanese firms have committed to investment just shy of £18 billion into the British economy.

Jake Pike May 19, 2023

The most significant joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea have been held in the past five years coincide with Pyongyang's most recent tests.

Barnali Pal Sinha Mar 19, 2023

The government of Japan aims to establish permanent flight routes over a coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture this summer for the testing of "flying cars."

Thanmay Arun Mar 09, 2023

It had suggested a reduction in student loan payments or a full exemption for those who want to have a child.

Thanmay Arun Mar 04, 2023

Japan is facing one of the lowest birth rates in the world.

Thanmay Arun Mar 03, 2023

As the Russia Ukraine war, the biggest war in Europe since World War II, enters its second year, many Asian companies still continue their operations in Russia.

Thanmay Arun Feb 24, 2023

A Japanese startup, Iwaya Giken plans to start stratospheric balloon rides or commercial balloon rides later this year.

Barnali Pal Sinha Feb 23, 2023

The Japanese police have arrested as many as 17 men accused of filming thousands of women bathing in hot springs over a period of 30 years.

Sadhna Yadav Feb 14, 2023

At least eight people, including six Chinese nationals, died after a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship sank in waters between South Korea and Japan.

Sadhna Yadav Jan 27, 2023

The actions and potential implications of several countries, including Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran indicates that change is occurring in these countries and their actions have the potential to affect the global order. The US has the power and capability to assist and influence events in these countries, but should do so in a way that avoids being perceived as meddling. The US should work to deter expansionist behavior by China in the Indo-Pacific region and to calm tensions with North Korea.

Daniel Elliot Jan 19, 2023

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev slammed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for the latter's "subservience" to the United States.

Sadhna Yadav Jan 16, 2023

An 81-year-old Japanese man pushed his disabled wife into the sea because he was "tired of taking care of her."

Sadhna Yadav Nov 07, 2022

Mikizo Ueda, who was the oldest living man in Japan, passed away at the age of 112 in the city of Nara last week.

Sadhna Yadav Sep 15, 2022

Dugong, a species that inspired ancient tales about mermaids and sirens for centuries, has been declared functionally extinct in China

Sadhna Yadav Aug 24, 2022

A study conducted by researchers in Japan found that dogs produce tears of joy when reunited with their owners after hours of separation.

Sadhna Yadav Aug 23, 2022

An elderly woman was found inside cardboard boxes on the side of a highway after being dumped by her family in Puebla, Mexico.

Sadhna Yadav Aug 08, 2022

Japan's national weather agency issued its top-level alert after the Sakurajima volcano, located in the Kagoshima Prefecture, erupted on Sunday.

Sadhna Yadav Jul 25, 2022

A Japanese man has admitted to killing at least 30 green sea turtles after they got stuck in his fishing nets.

Sadhna Yadav Jul 19, 2022

A US exploration team has managed to successfully unearth a ship that had sunk during World War II

Sadhna Yadav Jun 27, 2022

An extremely rare 15ft megamouth shark washed ashore in a village in the Philippines.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 22, 2022

A court in Japan in its latest order has upheld the ban imposed on same-sex marriage in the country stating that the ban does not violate the constitution.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 21, 2022

A 23-year-old woman named Noura Aly Essam, was kidnapped by her own father after she inherited a fortune in her grandfather's will.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 17, 2022

An 83-year-old Japanese man named, Kenichi Horie, has reportedly become the oldest person in the world to complete a solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 06, 2022

Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman certified as the oldest person in the world by the Guinness World Records in 2019, passed away at the age of 119 at a hospital in Fukuoka city.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 27, 2022

A body of a child has been discovered during search and rescue operations initiated after a boat accident in northeastern Japan. The death toll in the accident has reached 11 now.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 26, 2022

Ten people who were found by rescue workers after a tour boat went missing off Japan's northern coast have been confirmed dead by the coast guard.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 25, 2022

An ultra-rare giant squid, measuring about 9.8ft, washed up at a beach in Japan. The squid was found stranded at Ugu beach in Obama of Fukui Prefecture on Wednesday.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 22, 2022

Japan's largest food chain Yoshinoya has fired its managing director Masaaki Ito following a backlash over his alleged sexist remarks.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 20, 2022