The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

After experiencing a record-breaking number of ‘extremely hot’ days in summer, the unusually high temperatures are due to continue

Japan and China have been in a long-running dispute over the Senkaku islands that Beijing calls the Diaoyu.

Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, is on his way to Vietnam to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as Tokyo pushes to deepen ties with developing and emerging nations to tackle regional and global challenges

Gachaco has announced a battery sharing trial campaign in Tokyo, wherein 30 participants will get to use the Honda Benly e: and EM1 e:.

Shares are mostly lower in Asia, with Tokyo's markets closed for a national holiday

Dozens of demonstrators against a divisive plan to redevelop a beloved Tokyo park are forming a human chain outside the Japanese Education Ministry to demand a revision

Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park area has been placed on a “Heritage Alert” list by a conservancy body that assesses international monuments and historic sites

Great Britain won 64 medals and finished fourth in the medal table at the Tokyo Olympics

Bhavani Devi, India's first Olympic fencer, turns 30. She is training in France under Christian Bauer, a world-renowned coach. She has won gold at the Commonwealth championships and bronze at the Asian championships. She is motivated by her peers and is determined to do better at the Paris Olympics. She…

Venice film festival: Compositional quirks and unhurried direction turn this tale of a Tokyo company buying up land near a pristine lake into a complex and mysterious drama

Low birthrate and ageing population pose ‘an urgent risk to society’, but can opening its borders to skilled overseas workers fix the problem?