Typhoon Bavi approached Japan's remote southwestern islands, prompting warnings of violent winds, torrential rain, landslides and flooding. The s…

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 1% from 0.75%, the highest in three decades, as it moves to tame inflation driven by the energy shock from…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president this week seemed t…

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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung, after agreeing to deepen cooperation in a range of areas inc…

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi condemns North Korea over latest ballistic missiles launch.

Firefighters in Oita, Japan, were battling an out-of-control fire Wednesday morning that has burned through a neighborhood. Japan's Fire and Disa…

Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi openly raised the possibility of a Japanese military response to a Chinese attack on Taiwan, spar…

Japanese shares sank after a long weekend, clocking their sharpest one-day drop since April, as investors fretted over uncertainty surrounding the co…

Sanae Takaichi, known for her conservative views, has emerged as the leading candidate to become Japan's first female prime minister, but her pos…

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned, caving to ruling-party pressure on him to take responsibility for election losses amid voter anger o…

President Donald Trump is getting his way with the world economy. But high tariffs are likely to raise prices for American consumers and businesses t…

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday said US-imposed tariffs on Japanese imports would have an impact on the country, but added that neg…

Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of US Steel closed, the companies said, confirming an unusual degree of power for the Trump administrati…

Japan's SoftBank reported its first annual profit in four years, likely bringing relief to investors scarred by high-profile failures as it embar…

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he held telephone talks on Monday with President Donald Trump and told him he is “strongly concerned” tha…

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan to offer artificial intelligence se…

Japan's Nikkei share average retreated on 2024's last trading day from the five-month high hit in the last session, as investors locked in pr…

Japan Airlines said its systems had returned to normal and that no customer data was leaked, after a cyberattack in the morning delayed some domestic…

Japanese lawmakers voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majorit…