A potential foreign acquisition of Japanese retail giant Seven & i would be "heavily related" to national security, Japan's economy minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Wednesday. His public comment is the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai” — “long live” — ...

But what if a flag is so offensive to some countries it sparks a whole movement to get it banned? That is what's happening with Japan's rising sun flag and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. And the ...

Everywhere she went in the United States, she saw Stars and Stripes flags. It was surreal to her. She asked an employee of the Japanese consulate general for red and white fabrics and scissors.

A potential foreign acquisition of Japanese retail giant Seven & i would be “heavily related” to national security, Japan’s economy minister Ryosei ...