The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

South Korea’s government says it has decided not to attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to disagreements with Japan over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean forced laborers at the site before the end of World War II

Japan will hold a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country moved past years of disputes with South Korea and reluctantly acknowledged the dark side of their history

INTERVIEW: Exclusive: Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning group representing survivors of the US atomic bomb attacks in 1945, tells Adam Withnall in Tokyo that civilisation as we know it is in imminent danger as Russia ramps up its sabre-rattling against the West over the invasion of…

Consortium including company that runs Tokyo’s renowned metro system to take over from China’s MTR in May

Fodor’s said travellers should reconsider visiting Bali, Barcelona and Tokyo next year

Steve Lee Hayes, 65, was arrested after allegedly getting caught on camera using his fingernails to scratch five letters into a wooden entrance gate in Tokyo.

The trial of Australian grandmother Donna Nelson, who was detained in Japan on drug trafficking allegations, is starting with a verdict due later in 2024.

The Plumstead duo bonded with their Japanese fans over kitsch and fashion

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed "serious concerns" over the situation in the South China Sea to Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first in-person talks, Tokyo's foreign ministry said Saturday.