Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...

Japanese writer Asako Yuzuki did not expect her novel "Butter" to capture a cult following abroad, hailed as a biting ...

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, gaining ...

Japan's banks face an unfamiliar environment after the central bank reversed its longtime policy of negative interest rates ...

Governments that want to compete with China or the US cannot continue on their existing path. They need to do something ...

A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food. At their factory-turned-shop, they cook tuna, seaweed and other ingredients in ...

For example, an independent fiscal institution could play an important role. In order to protect growth while putting debt on a stable path, medium-term fiscal consolidation should embed a gradual ...

MS. ELNAGAR: Good morning and welcome to the IMF’s press conference on the conclusion of the 2025 Article IV consultation mission for Japan. I'm Randa Elnagar with the IMF’s communications department.

For example, Japanese folk songs use a five-note musical scale, whereas English ones typically use a seven-note scale. They are also quite different tonally. The researchers, ...

Three days after a major earthquake shook the West Coast of Japan, a difficult search for survivors is still underway. The magnitude-7.6 earthquake off the coast of the Noto Peninsula produced the ...