With rural Japan experiencing severe depopulation, some unstaffed train stations and vacant homes are being transfor ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 74% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 66 °F (18.9 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 84 °F (28.9 °C) and a 80% chance of ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 59 °F (15 °C). Cloudy with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 9 mph (8 to 14.5 kph). Cloudy ...

Police in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 32-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of arson after she set fire to her home. According to police, the woman is accused of setting ...

Trade negotiations between Japan and the United States are headed for an impasse with the two sides unable even to settle on a starting point for an agreement after two rounds of high-level ...

Japan's "employment ice age generation," now in their 40s to 50s, faces an increasing risk of being in poverty when they are older even if they fully receive basic pension benefits. Due to low ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan has long been known as a retail graveyard, where even global giants like Tesco, Walmart and Carrefour ...

Among all US allies being wooed by Beijing in its tariff stare-down with Washington, Japan stands out. It is a peculiar case not only for its staunch commitment to its alliance with the United States ...

India is on track to emerge as the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2025, overtaking Japan in terms of nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the latest World Economic Outlook report ...

Japan is a “super-aged” nation, meaning more than 20% of its population is older than 65. The country’s total population stood at 123.4 million in 2024 – but by 2065 it is expected to have ...

Rents Mark 30-Year-High Rate of Rise; Decrease in Disposable Income May Dampen Personal Consumption Japanese Govt Mulls Raising Number of Cars to be Imported Under Simplified Screen System in U.S.

Japan's Defense Ministry says a Chinese government helicopter briefly entered Japanese airspace near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday afternoon. Japan controls the islands.