TOKYO — Japan’s prime minister expressed deep regret over the suffering his country inflicted on Asian countries during World War II in a ceremony Saturday that marked the 64th anniversary of Tokyo’s ...

Phone scams, home-visit fraud and fake police calls are rising in Japan. QR-code swaps, online job traps and marketplace scams are growing fast, too. This episode looks at how these schemes work and ...

Petitioners display banners in front of Osaka District Court in Osaka, western Japan Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. A Japanese court ruled Tuesday that a 45-year-old nuclear reactor in central Japan is safe ...

With the capture of Okinawa and the Philippines in 1945, the Allies had captured important territory in the western Pacific from which to base air, sea and land assets with which to engage in an ...

Thanks to the chaos COVID-19 has wrought on Hollywood release schedules, U.S. films took their lowest share of Japan's box office in modern times. Western movies brought in just $328 million, down 71 ...

Back in August we were telling you about what is probably the oddest Mercedes-Benz CLA commercial we had ever seen, made by the Japanese branch of the Stuttgart car manufacturer. Well, it seems that ...

MABI, Japan - (Reuters) - When Isao Akutagawa moved to the sleepy riverside town of Mabi in western Japan 45 years ago, it seemed like the perfect suburb to raise his children. Land was cheap and he ...

JAPAN will spend as much as 45 billion yen (S$406.5 million) to back a research group developing advanced chip technology, part of a national push to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing. The ...

Theatrical box office takings in Japan fell by 45% in 2020, compared with the previous year, as coronavirus took its toll on cinemagoing. But that makes Japan one of the most resilient major box ...

Japan's new vehicle market continued to decline sharply in May 2020, with sales plunging by almost 45% to 218,285 units from 396,120 units a year earlier, according to registration data released by ...