State-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is expanding beyond traditional development lending into ...

Ikuko Yamazaki, 62, has been using social media to advocate for the succession of the emperor's first child regardless of ...

Japan's manufacturing activity shrank for the fifth consecutive month in November, weighed by sluggish demand, though the ...

A court has found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage constitutional in the last of six cases likely to be brought ...

A man was attacked by a bear in Japan while using a public toilet, local media reported on Friday, in the latest incident in ...

Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if ...

Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda said his central bank will weigh the pros and cons of raising interest rates later this ...

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in November as firms continued to ...

The sudden cancellation of Japanese events in Shanghai have sparked criticism and fanned nationalist sentiment.

Japan is set to spend roughly ¥252.5 billion ($1.6 billion) in an extra budget to further support developments of artificial ...

Japan’s Princess Aiko, often cheered like a pop star, turned 24 on Monday. Her supporters want to change Japan's male-only ...