Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn fled Japan this week while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges and appeared in Lebanon. A look at the unfolding case of the fallen ...

Japanese judicial authorities asked Interpol to place Carole Ghosn, the wife of fugitive high-flying businessman Carlos Ghosn ... flight in late December from Japan to Lebanon, where he asserted ...

Japan’s calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2023 stood at 38 percent, unchanged for the third consecutive year, the farm ministry said. The rate has remained at a low level for ...

The results could weaken Ishiba's grip on power, possibly leading Japan into political uncertainty, though a change of government was not expected. Ishiba took office on Oct. 1, replacing his ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s Foreign Ministry announced on March 21 that it will “normalize” a vital military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan that it had threatened to scrap in 2019 amid rocky ...

Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, was named winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Oct. 11. “This ...

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Afghan refugees who fled the 2021 Taliban offensive are still struggling to adapt to life in Japan, a situation that has furthered criticism of Tokyo’s treatment of asylum seekers. Japan accepts ...

Japan carried out no executions in 2023 for the first time in three years. Currently, there are 106 people on death row in Japan. Three of the inmates died and three death sentences were finalized ...

Heavy snow to hit eastern and western Japan through Dec. 29 How a Japanese project helped to fix world’s most dangerous city Mt. Fuji’s vehicle ban may expand to tour buses and taxis by 2026 ...

He has been repeatedly saying, “Japan is a sovereign and independent nation,” when giving speeches about his life's work on national security policies. That is because Ishiba believes the ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic offers the only plausible explanation for a spike in fatalities in Japan, especially in rural areas, since 2020. The Asahi Shimbun set out to explain higher-than ...