ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Emperor Naruhito of Japan on Dec. 18 during his first official visit to the ...

Mizuho’s acquisition of Avendus is the latest in a series of deals that point to a strategic shift by Japanese mega banks to ...

Earlier this week, Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo announced that its twin giant pandas, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, will be leaving Japan. Fans knew this would happen someday, as the pandas, though born at Ueno Zoo, are ...

MUJI, born in 1980 as a PB (private brand), opened its first store measuring 103 m² (approximately 31 pyeong) in Aoyama, ...

A Tokyo museum is honoring one of Japanese literature's greatest champions, Donald Keene. NHK world's Yako Kento explains the ...

How can Japan can make itself indispensable to a U.S. focused on its own hemisphere while facing a China that possesses ...

Physician and author Mikito Chinen had been fined 300,000 yen (about $1,900) for damaging the reputation of the leader of a ...

In Rental Family, Phillip is an American actor living and working in Japan. There’s little demand for his services beyond ...

A former pet flight nanny recommends booking nonstop, early morning flights and arriving at the airport with extra time. If ...

The chipmaker, which already uses artificial intelligence in certain aspects of its business, expects its integration to ...

Nonito Donaire suffered a split decision loss to hometown bet and reigning World Boxing Association bantamweight champion Seiya Tsutsumi in their bout ...

Traders were waiting for an update later in the day on U.S. inflation, and on a decision Friday by Japan’s central bank on ...