In a society used to quiet consensus-building, Tokyo has made bold changes to its defense policy. “Did I contribute to that?” ...

U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their ...

A quarterly survey by Japan's central bank shows business sentiment among manufacturers has improved slightly, especially in ...

Ninety percent of paddle-style fans, called uchiwa, are made in the island city of Marugame. Uchiwa, traditional hand-held ...

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Fresh fin whale meat was auctioned in Japan for the first time in nearly 50 years, with prices reaching over $1,300 per ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast has fetched up to more than ...

Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co has agreed to take a 49% stake in Iberdrola's Windanker offshore wind project in Germany, ...

Nils Nielsen of Denmark has been appointed as the first foreign manager of Japan women's team, the Japan Football Association ...

A filly upset the boys in the second leg of the "Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby" on Wednesday; two more races on the ...

The Bank of Japan has a knife-edge decision at its December 19 meeting, in which it could justify another 0.25 percentage ...

By Leika Kihara and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese big manufacturers' sentiment improved slightly in the three ...