The Latest Breaking News from Japan

“Kyoto is not a theme park,” the famous area’s council has warned

Another BYD model managed to snag third place, while second place was snagged by a Korean-made Hyundai.

Explore the potential romance between Lady Mariko and John Blackthorne in Shogun, a new FX series set in 17th Century Japan.

US military lifts grounding of V-22 Osprey aircraft after safety review. Unique tiltrotor aircraft resumes flight operations for crucial military missions.

Beloved for its genre-defining artwork, universal enjoyability and stateless characters, Akira Toriyama's "Dragon Ball" set the standard for Japan's globally renowned manga graphic novel industry.

Long dominated by the United States, the Asia-Pacific region is grappling with an increasingly assertive China. Tensions are mounting around Taiwan and in the South China Sea, both in the air and on the water, with numerous incidents of late involving Chinese fighter planes, collisions between ships and reefs being…

People send me tapes from all over. I have copies from Germany and Japan

Shabaka Hutchings is at the height of his powers as a saxophonist – but has given it up to play a Japanese flute that takes years to master. In London and Brazil, the multiple Mercury nominee explains why he has to resist the easy path, even if it puts his…

‘We will never forget Akira Toriyama for the gift he left on this earth. I can't imagine a world without Dragon Ball’

Ferrari made wholesale changes to its car after its drivers struggled throughout 2023 with its unpredictable behaviour and sensitivity to changing conditions. That made it particularly hard for Leclerc and Sainz to keep up their race pace, often qualifying well before dropping far behind the Red Bulls. But while Red…

Six couples sued the Japanese government on Friday seeking the right to use different surnames after marriage, filing the case to coincide with International Women's Day.