The Latest Breaking News from Japan

This is the movie that 'Your Name' director Makoto Shinkai has been preparing to make for the past eight years.

The president of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Group has acknowledged corporate responsibility for suspected big rigging on contracts for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, NHK reported on Saturday.

Ever since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last year, Japan has stayed in lockstep with the other Group of Seven advanced nations by steadily ratcheting up sanctions imposed on Moscow.

To mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, The Yomiuri Shimbun asked 50 Ukrainian evacuees living in Japan about their physical health and the kind of support they required. Some reported ongoing psychological effects caused by the war and many spoke of such challenges as learning Japanese and…

Japan is considering new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, in step with moves by other Group of Seven (G7) countries, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday.

A kaleidoscopic light show has helped reinvent Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" currently playing in Tokyo - a production which aims to bring people back into theatres now that the pandemic has eased.

Consumer prices in Japan have jumped by the most in more than 41 years, adding to pressure on the central bank to adjust its longstanding ultra-lax monetary policy

When nations get caught in spiralling debt, it’s future generations who will end up paying the price.

COVID-19 triggered a massive increase in government debt, mainly in low-income countries. But it would be economically wrong to put all the blame on COVID.