The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's wife, Yuko Kishida, is planning to visit to Washington in April to meet U.S. first lady Jill Biden, broadcaster TBS reported on Wednesday, citing Japanese government sources.

Toshiba Thailand is telling customers its business will not be affected by Toshiba Corporation's recent acceptance of a buyout offer for about ¥2 trillion (500 billion baht) from a group led by domestic private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners Inc (JIP).

Aidea’s AA Cargo α4 electric three-wheeled moped receives type approval from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism.

Just as Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is becoming more likely, Sony is being put under the spotlight by the U.S. Congress.

The regulatory body says the merger "would not substantially restrain competition"

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Hokkaido island in Japan on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology said. Read fur ther on Dynamite News:

Morning Markets March S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are down -0.16%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are down -0.13%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are slightly lower. Higher T-note yields today are weighing on the overall market, along with today’s news on U.S. inventories....

They're expecting to serve between 800 to 1,000 portions a day

One letter calls the Japanese games market "imbalanced"

Two restaurants in Tokyo that employ evacuees from Ukraine and serve traditional home-style dishes from the country are becoming popular among local residents.

Chinese security authorities have shut down a website known as "B9GOOD" that hosted pirated versions of Japanese animation, at the request of a Japanese industry group.