The number of children in Japan has dropped to another record low, in a stark reminder of the demographic challenges that are weighing on Asia’s second biggest economy.
Strategically placed Sri Lanka's economic recovery is essential for stability in the Indo-Pacific region, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Saturday, urging Colombo to swiftly restructure its foreign debt.
Japan fell by two places from last year to 70th in the 2024 world freedom of press rankings, according to international journalist organization Reporters Without Borders.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday agreed that the two countries will cooperate in conserving the Amazon rainforest as a way to fight global warming.
Japan hit back Saturday at U.S. President Joe Biden's comments about the Asian ally being "xenophobic" like China and Russia, calling the characterization "unfortunate" and misguided.
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japanese officials to support their currency.
Japan’s finance minister declined to confirm whether Japan stepped into the market to support the yen with intervention earlier this week, keeping traders guessing.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that currency interventions are ineffective at shifting exchange rates, even at the large magnitude that Japan has been thought to have deployed recently.
At a campaign event last month in Pennsylvania, the heartland of American steel manufacturing, U.S. President Joe Biden made clear that he does not want the proposed takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel to happen.
China on Friday launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious program that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.
The WHO chief on Friday begged countries negotiating a global agreement on handling future pandemics to "get this done," as they prepare for one final week of last-ditch talks.
Canadian police charged three Indian nationals on Friday with first-degree murder in the death of a prominent Sikh activist and said officers are actively investigating links to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Hamas said its delegation will travel to Cairo on Saturday to resume Gaza cease-fire talks with a "positive spirit" in the latest effort to halt almost seven months of war with Israel.
The tendency toward cultural chauvinism and exceptionalism is hardly confined to Japan. I recall when living in rural France the dismal failure of an English couple to convince people that their restaurant could serve authentic local dishes.
