A bank in a suburb of Osaka is investing in local development and setting a growth target for its home prefecture, offering a new model for how banks could operate under Prime Minister Yoshihide ...

The head of Japan’s Komeito says it is leaving the ruling coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party due to concerns ...

Eat ramen and sushi from the best restaurants, learn the intricacies of a tea ceremony, and see iconic landmarks and shrines without committing a faux pas. Everyone, from kids to grandparents, will ...

More than two years after BYD began a high-profile foray into the Japanese market, the Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker is still struggling to win over drivers. The carmaker sold just 5,300 ...

BEIJING, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Japan harmed the interests of Chinese and Japanese firms by adding some Chinese entities to its export control list, Beijing's commerce ministry said in a statement on ...

A mayor in Japan is under fire after admitting to having checked into hotels over 10 times with a married male subordinate. Akira Ogawa, 41, Maebashi city mayor, gave a press conference after news ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, with sailors in their summer whites manning the rails, concluded a decade with the U.S. 7th Fleet and sailed out of Tokyo Bay on ...

Japanese brewing giant Asahi has been hit by a cyber-attack that has caused a "systems failure" affecting the company's shipping and customer service operations. Asahi said there had been no ...

Carlos Alcaraz eased into the semifinals of the Japan Open on Sunday with a comfortable win over Brandon Nakashima, equaling a personal best with his 65th match win of the season. Having brushed off ...

The rise of generative artificial intelligence is causing a massive surge in electricity consumption by data centers around the world, with such centers projected to consume 3% of global energy by ...