The Latest Breaking News from Japan

The 2026 Toyota RAV4 is here. The newest version of Toyota's wildly popular crossover has gone hybrid-only, with the choice of a normal hybrid system or a more powerful plug-in model. In America, you can only pair that plug-in with standard all-wheel drive. It's a different story in Europe and…

This is what you need to know to shop for the ultimate Japanese knife for your kitchen

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM25) are down -0.70%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM25) are down -0.67% this morning as Treasury yields continue to rise on worries about U.S. government debt while U.S. President Donald Trump pushes to advance his tax bill.

The world's fourth-largest economy is one of the hardest hit by the US administration's elevated trade tariffs on cars, resulting in Japanese exports slowing in April.

Investors seem to be starting to wonder if they've taken the recovery in U.S. assets just far enough.

The IBF World Featherweight Title is officially on the line in the Angelo Leo vs Tomoki Kameda fight this weekend in Osaka, Japan.

Did you know that Japan has an unconnected phone booth where grieving relatives go to talk to their lost loved ones?

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba names Shinjiro Koizumi, son of popular former premier Junichiro Koizumi, as successor.

Taku Eto acknowledges making ‘an extremely inappropriate remark at a time when citizens are suffering from soaring rice prices’

In honour of International Tea Day, we thought we'd take a look at some of the many wonderful ways different countries from around the world prepare and drink their tea.

Japan's farm minister resigned Wednesday after a gaffe about rice drew public fury in a country experiencing soaring prices of the cherished staple.