Japan's tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held "in-depth exchanges" over the phone with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ...

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport, a ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

Instead of adopting short-term populist responses to the cost of living, Japan needs a mature and sensible approach to fiscal ...

The Japanese government wants to turn its nuclear power stations back on - but some rural people don't want nuclear waste ...

Duterte remains in ICC detention; the proposed host country for his interim release has not been disclosed in public versions ...

Having started 2025 at 2.28%, Japan’s 30-year government bond yields are now threatening to pierce the key psychological level of 3%. Concerns about Japan’s huge debt burden - currently 260% of GDP - ...

Japanese companies’ rigid hierarchies can make it hard to confront bosses. Enter “proxy quitters.” TOKYO — Shota Shimizu slid ...

Japan’s government on Saturday warned of more possible strong earthquakes in waters southwest of its main islands, but urged ...

US ally mounts most ambitious push in decades to revitalise sector dominated by Chinese and South Korean groups ...

Japan is undertaking its most aggressive effort in decades to revive its ailing shipbuilding sector, proposing a ¥1tn ($7bn) ...