TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday Tokyo has no plan to terminate a trade deal struck with the U.S. in 2019, but will keep voicing "grave concern ...

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose for a sixth straight month in March, data showed on Thursday, as the threat of sweeping U.S. tariffs drove Japanese companies to ramp up shipments ...

Now ubiquitous in many of Japan’s 9,000 stations, the first eki stamp appeared in 1931 at Fukui station near the Sea of Japan coast, where stationmaster Kanichi Tominaga hit upon the idea of a ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sunday a plan to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan, a country he described as indispensable in combating Chinese aggression. "We share a ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

SEOUL — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that Japan is putting “every option” on the table as it considers an “appropriate” response to President Donald Trump’s new ...

Japan is holding out hope that it might convince the United States to exempt Japanese car manufacturers from tariffs, but analysts are less optimistic. The Japanese government has expressed its ...

By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wrapped up his first official visit to Asia on Sunday by offering reassurances to Japan that President Trump wants a ...

I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Hearing that Japanese Prime Minister ...

In 2024, the number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low for the ninth year in a row. With about 1.6 million deaths and 720,988 births, there were about two deaths for every new baby born.

WASHINGTON —President Donald Trump is taking trade negotiations into his own hands, meeting with Japanese officials to see if he can cut a deal as his new tariffs scramble trade relations with ...

Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...