The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Asian shares are trading mostly higher after Wall Street benchmarks reached more milestones

Eight years ago Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor

Japan and the Philippines sign defense pact amid rising tensions with China, focusing on joint drills and regional security challenges.

In the first half, Chinese firms sold over 34,500 fossil-fuel cars and EVs in the country, ahead of Korean and Japanese brands

New Japanese emissions restrictions mean that Honda is discontinuing its 50cc mopeds in 2025. Lucky for Super Cub fans, that's not its only displacement.

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are down -0.06%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are down -0.05% this morning as investors looked ahead to the release of U.S. inflation data, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony, and the start of the second-quarter earnings season later in the…

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are down -0.06%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are down -0.05% this morning as investors looked ahead to the release of U.S. inflation data, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony, and the start of earnings season later in the week.

Average number of heatstroke-related deaths each year has increased six fold since 1995

Last year, 9,000 people were found at least a week after they’d died alone. Helen Coffey investigates how our increasingly fragmented society means more of us are slipping away unmourned and unnoticed

Agreement comes as Manila and Tokyo share concerns about Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the region.

Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike won a landslide victory to secure a third term, official election results showed Monday, in a rare triumph for a woman in Japan's male-dominated politics.