East Japan Railway Co. resumed operations on the JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines after power outages halted all morning ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with her Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, for the first time in Tokyo on Jan. 16, ...

A consumption tax cut will be a cornerstone policy of Chudo Kaikaku Rengo, the new centrist party formed through the merger ...

About 100 employees of Prudential Life Insurance Co. obtained money through fraudulent means or failed to repay funds they ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth praised Japan's commitment to boost its defense spending in a meeting with ...

The Japanese government said on Friday that it has become the latest country to probe X over ⁠Elon Musk’s artificial ...

YOKOHAMA--A senior Yokohama official accused Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka of power harassment on Jan. 15 and called for ...

Some Bank of Japan policymakers see scope to raise interest rates sooner than markets expect with April a distinct ...

The yen was little changed against the dollar on Thursday as investors expected a Bank of Japan intervention to ⁠shore up the ...

China’s population policy is emerging as a key part of its economic strategy as Beijing rolls out its most wide-ranging push ...

AOMORI—Rising seawater temperatures are believed to have killed more than 80 percent of scallop fry before harvesting at ...

Asian shares were mostly lower and U.S. futures also fell Thursday after Wall Street retreated, dragged down by falls in Big ...