In Japan, crooked teeth or those with different alignments are known as "Yaeba [八重歯]", which literally means "double tooth". This term specifically refers to the upper canine teeth that become ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus departed for Tokyo in the early hours of today on a four-day official visit to participate in the 30th Nikkei Forum Future of Asia and hold bilateral talks ...

Japan lost its position as the world’s largest creditor nation for the first time in 34 years, giving up the title to Germany despite posting a record amount of overseas assets. Japan’s net ...

Japan has lost its position as the world's top creditor after 34 years, falling behind Germany, even as its net external assets last year hit a record high, officials said Tuesday. That, however, was ...

Japan’s super-long bonds became increasingly unstable after last week’s 20-year debt auction drew the weakest demand in more than a decade. That sent jitters through global markets.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan lost its status as the world's top creditor for the first time in 34 years, overtaken by Germany, even as its net external assets rose to a record high, partly due to a ...

Robert Ward is the Japan chair at the London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he also directs the geo-economics and strategy program. He is the ...

Mega earthquake fears have hit Japan after a manga comic predicted a 'real catastrophe' there this summer. In 'The Future I Saw', a comic published in 1999 by Ryo Tatsuki, a huge quake prompts ...

[TOKYO] Yields on Japanese super-long bonds fell ahead of an auction on Wednesday (May 28) that is expected to test demand following a recent sale that sent jitters through global markets. Yields on ...

By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Osaka, Japan Japan has joined a growing list of nations, including Spain and Canada, that are assembling aid plans to help blunt the domestic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European defence companies say Japan has accelerated its opening to non-American suppliers of military ...

Japan is no longer the world's top creditor. That title goes to Germany, after Japan slipped from the number-one spot for the first time in 34 years, even with its net overseas assets at a record ...