Eighteen of the nearly 7,000 products with the “functional food” label in Japan had received over 110 reports from medical professionals as having caused some level of health damage among their users, the Consumer Affairs Agency said Friday, as the industry reels from deaths linked to Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals’ beni kōji supplements.
Anyone who has spent time in Japan knows that the country is bursting with gastronomic delights. Especially in Tokyo, there is no shortage of eateries to satisfy your cravings. And yet, as “Butter” author Asako Yuzuki points out, although places catering to solitary men are abundant, it is uncommon in Japan for a woman to eat out alone.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday denied allegations published in a monthly magazine that she drafted a fake graduation document from Cairo University when she ran for governor back in 2020.
With the idea of paternity leave gaining traction in Japan, could dads with strollers become a boon to socioeconomic success, innovation and productivity growth, and even help slow Japan’s population decline? Evidence from Sweden suggests they might.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Friday that it will not endorse author Hirotada Ototake in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in Tokyo's No. 15 constituency.
Investors are hankering for more insights into Japan with the market becoming a hot destination for fund flows, and Wall Street banks are responding.
With one year to go until the opening of the 2025 Expo, overall construction is progressing steadily, with the exception of foreign pavilions, for which only about a dozen countries have broken ground.
Jameson Jacques has been living in a makeshift shelter in Haiti's capital with his three children since gang members torched his house, killing his parents.
The scandal over Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s beni kōji (red yeast rice) supplements has put a spotlight on regulatory inadequacies that prevented Japan from swiftly addressing concerns related to foods with health-enhancing claims — despite recent moves to step up vigilance.
In his first-ever trilateral summit with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines, U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday reiterated Washington’s commitment to defending the Philippines from any armed attack in the South China Sea, in what was seen as a warning to Beijing and an effort to reassure allies worried about Chinese activities in disputed waters.
Among children’s hospitals nationwide, 43.6% require family members to stay with the hospitalized child, depending on the medical condition, according to survey results released by the Child and Family Agency on Friday.
Japan’s emissions inched lower led by a contraction in pollution from the industrial sector.
Ten years ago, Solomon Maina's daughter, Debora, was one of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from their dormitory in the middle of the night by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants.
A stuttering recovery in lithium prices is providing a fresh reminder of why the dramatic rally of recent years was followed by an even more breathtaking collapse: a fast-expanding industry that is more prepared than ever to keep pumping out supplies.
This year’s Coachella music festival is shaping up to be a good ticket for J-pop fans Stateside. But the hottest ticket in J-pop might just be one that gets you inside the White House.
A pure golden tea bowl displayed for sale in the event hall of a Tokyo department store — valued at over ¥10 million — was stolen Thursday, the store reported to police.
Japan's Fast Retailing reiterated on Thursday its forecast for a third year of record profits, as the Uniqlo owner ramps up an expansion into North America and Europe to take on entrenched rivals H&M and Zara owner Inditex.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s summit this week with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington has taken Japan-U.S. relations to a new level. The meeting inaugurates a "new era” in the bilateral partnership, one that signals a transformation of Japan’s role in the region and the world.
Last year, Germany launched a strategy to "de-risk" from China, but on Saturday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz starts a high-stakes visit there hoping to shore up ties at a delicate point, with the U.S. and EU threatening to hammer Chinese goods in subsidy rows.
Iran has signaled to Washington that it will respond to Israel's attack on its Syrian embassy in a way that aims to avoid major escalation, and it will not act hastily, as Tehran presses demands that include a Gaza truce, Iranian sources said.
So far, 2024 is shaping up to be one of the hottest years on record, with abnormal spring temperatures in the Tokyo area already worrying scientists and residents alike. Escape from the metropolis’ heat may seem impossible, but for Kushiro, far to the north in eastern Hokkaido, scorchers are the exception, not the rule.
Electric cars are a key part of Europe's green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with 10 years to go before a crucial milestone.
SpaceX’s prized Starlink satellite business is still burning through more cash than it brings in.
Major U.S. airlines and aviation unions on Thursday urged the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to pause approvals of additional flights between China and the United States, citing ongoing "anti-competitive policies of the Chinese government."
Muji is bringing its minimalist aesthetic to habitation.
