Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain ...

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...

Japan PM Ishiba is seeking to arrange a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan has uncovered a massive $26 billion reserve of rare earth minerals beneath the Pacific Ocean, near Minami-Tori-Shima ...

Chief Master Sgt. Griselda Criddell, of the 374th Maintenance Squadron, and her daughter try on kimonos during Japan Culture ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. The decision by the central bank came at the end of a ...

Explore the outer regions of the Greater Tokyo area, where you can trade skyscrapers for stunning natural landscapes and ...

Another 0.25 percentage-point hike to Japanese rates has come and gone without markets batting an eye. That is surely the point of the central bank’s drive to normalise monetary policy. With wages and ...

TOKYO -- Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD announced on Friday that it will introduce its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan saw record-high exports last year, as its annual trade deficit declined 44% from the previous year, the ...