Tokyo: Japan's population fell to 120.3 million as of October 2024, official data showed on Monday, marking a record fall of 898,000 people from the previous year. Japan's birth rate is among the ...

Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m). The legal team for Iwao Hakamada, released last year after his ...

China last year sent more drones to probe Japanese airspace than in any previous year, part of an overall increase in scrambles against foreign military aircraft, according to Japan’s Joint Staff.

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s households reduced their collective stash of cash at the fastest pace on record last quarter as they sought to cope with rising costs of living, according to the latest ...

TOKYO -- Japanese stocks rebounded strongly on Thursday, with the benchmark stock index logging its second-largest single-day rise in history after the U.S. paused most of its new tariffs ...

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen smashed the track record to snatch pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris, as Yuki Tsunoda qualified a lowly 15th in ...

Three brothers are hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean - having already conquered the Atlantic. Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean, from Edinburgh, start their four-month ...

TOKYO -- Corporate bond issuance in Japan is on track to reach 13.7 trillion yen ($92.1 billion) this fiscal year, the third-largest value ever, as companies maneuver to get ahead of rising ...

Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic ... But if some of it does end up in the ocean, it will be far less harmful, and possibly even beneficial, compared to current ...