In a district especially disillusioned with boys' club politics, candidates in the Tokyo 15th district by-election are striving to prove themselves as anything but the usual politician. The constituents — haunted by the memories of a political misconduct scandal involving their previous representative, combined with a slush funds scandal that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party found itself embroiled in — are looking for a breath of fresh air, resulting in a rare and unusual sight for Japan: a female-driven election.
The continual decline of the yen against the U.S. dollar in recent weeks has been “excessive,” sparking concerns that it is discouraging outbound travel from Japan, especially among younger Japanese travelers, Japan Airlines' new chief executive said.
The overall passenger count at Narita International Airport, near Tokyo, in fiscal 2023 jumped 72% from the previous year to 35,259,433, the airport's operator said Thursday.
Four scam victims in Japan sued Facebook on Thursday after being hoodwinked by fraudulent online investment ads that used images of celebrities without their consent, their lawyer said.
The National Police Agency disclosed a plan Thursday to increase the minimum amount of state benefits paid to bereaved families of crime victims.
A ceremony was held Thursday to remember more than 100 victims of a commuter train crash that happened on the Fukuchiyama Line near Osaka exactly 19 years ago.
Getting global audiences to watch a live-action adaptation of a classic Japanese manga can be tough, and even more so when the protagonist is a notorious philanderer.
New details have emerged over a case of two burned bodies found on a riverbed in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month, including the identification of the second body as the wife of a Tokyo businessman who had been identified earlier.
Japan’s retail investors are paying closer attention to corporate governance, citing it as a key consideration when investing in stocks, a survey by U.S. ranking and research firm J.D. Power shows.
Japan's lunar lander has defied the odds to survive a third lunar night, surprising even its designers.
Toyota's parent-only global vehicle sales in fiscal 2023 exceeded 10 million units for the first time, the company said Thursday, growing 7.3% from the previous year to 10,309,457 units.
With bitcoin prices breaking new records in recent months, fights over the cryptocurrency's energy usage and environmental impact are escalating across the United States.
Nissan and Mazda unveiled new cars tailored for Chinese drivers on Thursday, signalling a fresh push by Japanese automakers to regain ground in the world's largest auto market.
The planned extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen to Sapporo will be delayed until after fiscal 2030, informed sources have said.
Japan’s stock market needs to see more domestically-oriented companies step up their game to fuel further rallies, but the outlook for wages and the yen complicates the picture.
A special committee of a Saga Prefecture town assembly is expected to approve a petition to accept a "literature survey" for a possible final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear plants.
The government plans to draw up guidelines for private-sector guarantor services for elderly individuals without relatives when they require hospitalization or admission to nursing care facilities.
The severed head and other body parts of a Japanese man were found in a Bangkok suburb this month, and Thai police on Wednesday obtained arrest warrants for two other Japanese men suspected of being involved in the case.
The surging dollar has hurt stocks outside the U.S. but one group at least stands to gain: companies that export to the world’s largest economy.
China is rapidly emerging as a major spying superpower and its agents are becoming increasingly bold, in a shift that Europe has so far been slow to counter, analysts say.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hates the question in all forms. "Do Jewish lives matter more than Palestinian and Muslim lives?” he was recently asked on a global stage. "No, period,” he replied, visibly startled.
I moved to London from New York nearly six years ago, but every time this question comes up I still have no good answer: What’s your team?
South Korea has long punched above its weight as an industrial power. Facing a constant existential threat has strengthened its resilience, self-reliance and competitiveness.
Many local governments in Japan created unusual departments at the beginning of fiscal 2024, which began this month, in hopes of revitalizing the local economy in innovative ways.
Generative artificial intelligence technologies can write poetry and computer programs or create images of teddy bears and videos of cartoon characters that look like something from a Hollywood movie.
