Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen for the coming yearByMARI YAMAGUCHI Associated PressDecember 25, 2025, 8:57 PMtension from ...
Each generation, Ise Jingu, Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine, is knocked down and rebuilt from scratch, a massive, $390 million demolition and construction job that ...
Jefferies has approved Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group increasing its stake in the US investment bank to 20 per cent, according to people familiar with the ...
NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by his wife and daughter, paid their respects Friday to atomic bombing victims in Nagasaki as he ...
Japan’s economy expanded at a stronger rate in the fiscal first quarter than previously estimated, despite worries about U.S. tariffs and domestic political uncertainty, according ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy expanded at a stronger rate in the fiscal first quarter than previously estimated, despite worries about U.S. tariffs and domestic ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung faces a pivotal foreign policy test barely two months after taking office, with back-to-back ...
A 135-year-old office furniture supplier is positioned to help Japan get ready for war by building 1,400kg doors for underground bomb shelters as the Japanese ...
Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War IIByMARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press and ...
Fast-food chain McDonald’s Japan has canceled a Happy Meal campaign that came with coveted Pokemon cardsByYURI KAGEYAMA AP business writerAugust 13, 2025, 3:29 AMUnusually large ...
The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are increasingly speaking out against ...
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a dwindling number of the aging Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated ...
Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, the Ministry ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has again denied reports that he plans to resign after his party's historic election defeatByMARI YAMAGUCHI Associated PressJuly 23, 2025, ...
Japan’s Liberal Democratic party, the political bloc that has governed the country almost exclusively for 70 years, has lost its majority in both houses of ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future was unclear Monday after his coalition appeared to have disastrously lost its upper house majority in elections that saw ...
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Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China in a new defense reportByMARI YAMAGUCHI Associated PressJuly 14, 2025, 9:48 PMChina’s growing military cooperation with ...
Earlier this year, Japan’s relationship with the United States seemed to be on solid footing.Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with President Trump at the White ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority government struggles ...
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of the tragedy later this yearByMARI ...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Japan’s Princess Kako of Akishino, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, was welcomed on Wednesday by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...
Organizers of the Expo 2025 in Osaka have suspended its popular daily fountain shows and closed a shallow pool area due to pneumonia-causing bacterial contamination ...
European defence companies say Japan has accelerated its opening to non-American suppliers of military equipment since the election of US President Donald Trump.Tokyo’s increasing willingness ...
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politicsByMARI YAMAGUCHI Associated PressMay 22, 2025, 10:16 AMAgriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned Wednesday after he raised an ...
Yields on the longest-dated Japanese government bonds surged to record highs on Tuesday after a dismal debt auction added to investor fears of a lack ...
The government has reported that Japan's economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.7% in the first quarter, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war ...
Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will undergo heart tests at a hospital after an unspecified problem was detected during a routine checkupByThe Associated PressMay 5, 2025, ...
Japan’s official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country’s favorite flower, declaring the official start of the festive season in ...
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth straight year to a record low, according to health ministry data.The faster-than-predicted ...
