The Latest Breaking News from Japan

The former chairman of Tokyo Olympics sponsor Aoki Holdings has told prosecutors he gave 2 million yen ($14,300) in cash to the head of the Games' organising committee, former prime minister Yoshiro Mori, the Sankei daily reported.

Japan’s celebration of record high number of women who won seats in the upper house may not stand up to close scrutiny.

Aidea’s AA Cargo electric trike is making waves in the food service industry in Japan, where several restaurants are using it for faster and smoother deliveries.

A small robot with a clip-like hand and the smarts to know which drinks are popular is part of an effort to make convenience stores even more convenient

Following US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China fired missiles into six areas surrounding Taiwan and sent fighter jets across the midline of the Taiwan Strait. Some of those missiles landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), threatening fishing boats from the island of Yonaguni, just…

Royal Enfield's newest 350cc motorbike continues to make its way around the globe, with an impending rollout in Japan for the 2023 model year.

Japan, which was praised for keeping its coronavirus cases and deaths largely under control earlier in the pandemic, is experiencing its most severe coronavirus wave so far and has become a hotspot for the virus in East Asia.

England take on Argentina, Japan, New Zealand and then South Africa

Researchers raise concerns that Chinese youth may be following in the footsteps of Japan

Japan will allow non-guided package tours from all countries from Sept 7 and more than double the number of people it permits to enter daily as it further rolls back some of the strictest Covid-19 border controls among major economies.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that the government will relax its border control measures against the novel coronavirus, raising the daily limit on entries to 50,000 people from Sept. 7. During a morning press conference at the Prime Minister's Office, Kishida also apologized for the Liberal Democratic Party's relationship…