Japan has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, local m...

Ennosuke Ichikawa, a well-known kabuki actor in Japan, was arrested on charges of assisting in his mother's suicide. He allegedly gave her ...

In a commerce ministry statement on Thursday, Wang Shouwen, Chinese vice commerce minister, urged Japan to follow World Trade Organization ...

Tokyo has worked in lockstep with its G7 allies to sanction Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and boost support to Kyiv, even taking the ...

The International Monetary Fund cut its 2023 global growth forecast from 2.9% to 2.7%, warning that pressures from inflation, war-driven en...

Takarada passed away in hospital after contracted pneumonia.

Nikkei share average edged down 0.38 per cent to 28,523.26, while the broader Topix inched down 0.34 per cent to 1,849.58.

Bomb threats are extremely uncommon in Japan. No explosives were found and no arrests were made in any of the cases, which took place far a...

Abe floated the idea of holding a vote on October 22 or October 29 in meetings with senior ruling party officials, Jiji Press and the Asahi...

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development will provide finances up to Rs 1,000 crore for warehouse development in Rajsthan in nex...

Japan Airlines found a fault with a modified Dreamliner on Sunday, reports said, a day after it resumed full operation of Boeing's flagship...

Toyota Motor will start producing the Prius hybrid in Thailand this year, stepping up overseas output of the fuel-sipping vehicles.

Japan's Toyota Motor plans to liquidate its joint venture with General Motors in the US state of California by the end of August, press rep...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will join other major Japanese carmakers in making further cuts to production and jobs to cope with the global econ...

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. will post its first ever operating loss in North America in the six months through September as demand slumps in...

Japan's Yamato Life Insurance will file for bankruptcy protection, becoming the first Japanese insurer to fail amid the global credit crisi...

Japan's Norinchukin Bank has worked out a deal to invest in France's biggest retail bank Credit Agricole SA, which has been hit hard by the...