The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

Koichiro Narukawa, a farmer in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, harvests udo vegetable stalks, a symbol of spring's arrival in Japanese cuisine, in an underground cellar called a muro. Narukawa began growing the udo in a field before transplanting the shoots to the muro, which measures four meters on each side. Pale…

Tokyo and Washington have agreed to axe duties on Japanese imports to America after Brussels deal with US - but the UK is still left out in the cold, sparking new anger

When Japan handed Tokyo bus driver Keiki Nambu and his wife, Takako, $870 for each of their nine children, they spent it exactly as the government had feared: paying down a mortgage instead of going shopping.

We sat down with voice actor Cory Yee who plays Akito, the main protagonist in the upcoming action-adventure game Ghostwire: Tokyo.

Embattled Japanese technology giant Toshiba plans to split into two companies, one focused on infrastructure and the other on devices, in its latest effort to placate unhappy shareholders. As part of the proposed plan, Tokyo-based Toshiba Corp. intends to sell its joint venture stake in Toshiba Carrier Corp. to the…

Medal winners Tess Coady and Jakara Anthony say the whole Australian team at the Winter Olympics have united, creating a unique and prosperous environment.

Children who rely on gastric fistulas to receive nutrition via an external feeding tube that connects directly to the stomach are being given the option of pureed foods instead of conventional formula at an increasing number of special needs schools.

Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation film studio based in Tokyo, is holding "#My Style, My Ghibli, Let's Lose Our Way, Together", on the 1st floor of CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road, from Friday to March 27.

Tokyo confirmed 17,526 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, up 1,631 from a week earlier and an all-time high for a Sunday.