For this Kyoto edition, we independently scoped out more than 350 venues and distilled the list down to the very best of the ...

Japan's wholesale inflation hit 4.0% in April as companies continued to pass on rising raw material and labour costs, data ...

Japanese supermarket rice prices fell for the first time in 18 weeks, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, though they ...

Business is booming at Japanese discount chain Don Quijote, which sells everything from nostril-hair wax to compact gadgets ...

Nara highlights include a stroll through the ethereal Kasugayama Primeval Forest and a short trek up to the Shinto shrine ...

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Thursday, extending early gains after the Bank of Japan slashed growth and inflation forecasts in a sign it would take longer than previously expected ...

Japanese and Australian markets rose Thursday after swings on Wall Street overnight, as data pointing to a contraction in the U.S. economy in the first quarter heightened investors' fears of a ...

Chop suey restaurants and Chinese-run markets anchored the area until the 1990s, when the city razed it to build a basketball arena ... boba chain Xing Fu Tang opened in 2022, followed by Japanese ...

The city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is making gradual progress in rebuilding lives two months after massive forest fires broke out. The fires that started on February 26 ...

Japanese markets were the best performers in the region, as optimism over U.S. trade talks helped them rally past hotter-than-expected Tokyo inflation data that pushed up expectations of more ...

Asset management has become a core growth area for Japanese financial institutions which are looking to secure stable fee-based revenue that is less affected by the ups and downs of market sentiment.

Shinji Ishimaru, former mayor of the city of Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, is seen in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 21, 2025. (Mainichi/Ririko Maeda) TOKYO -- Japan's Supreme Court on April 23 ...