Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appeared on Fuji Television on Sunday to stress that Japan would pursue the elimination of tariffs in its trade talks with Washington. Referring to the US-UK ...

Tensions escalate as Japan and China trade accusations of airspace violations near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea. Japan lodged a strong protest after a Chinese ...

TOKYO (AP) — Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba on Tuesday. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ...

By Pico Iyer Illustrations by Ilya Milstein A Japanese sentence is often as mongrel as a Japanese street. While walking through a shopping arcade in Osaka — here a tatami tearoom, there a French ...

Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryosei gives a thumbs-up sign while wearing a MAGA hat during a meeting with President Donald Trump (not pictured) in the Oval Office, April 16 ...

Japan had long maintained deep economic ties with both China and the United States. Recent trade tensions may challenge that approach. Source: Ministry of Finance of Japan By The New York Times By ...

TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Japan's top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, could travel to Washington as soon as next week for a third round of trade talks with the U.S., two sources with knowledge ...

TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday signalled that increasing corn imports from the U.S. would be among options in trade negotiations with Washington ...

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TOKYO — Rice is a staple in Japanese culture and cuisine, so much so that the word for “meal” is synonymous with “cooked rice.” But demand for the grain is rapidly outstripping supply ...