The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Kazuo Ueda, an economist and former member of the Bank of Japan's policy board, has been nominated to be the next central bank governor

Asia’s second-largest economy grows 0.2 percent during the October-December period, falling short of expectations.

Japanese nuclear regulators have approved contentious safety evaluation changes and draft legislation to allow aging reactors to operate longer

The US Army launched military exercises with the Kenya armed forces on Monday. American troops will also take part in wargames with Pakistan and separate drills with Japan. This flurry of activity precedes joint South Africa/Russia/China military manoeuvres coinciding with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Yamaha has launched the 2023 Tricity in Japan—it’s offered in two variants consisting of a 125cc and 155cc model.

‘Our drummer didn’t like the song. He just went: “Boom! Splat!” But it sounded great so we kept it’

My party agreed that we needed to stop drifting in the direction of a higher-tax, higher-spend economy being choked by ever more regulation, which was causing sluggish growth, low productivity and a dampening of enterprise and innovation”. Thus wrote former prime minister Liz Truss last week.

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd., the only whaling operator in the world that uses the mother ship method, is building a new vessel in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to replace its aging mother ship.

HIROSHIMA -- Oysters from Hiroshima Prefecture have been exported to the European Union, marking Japan's first oyster exports to the region. The plane carrying the unshucked frozen mollusks took off from Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Thursday.