By Leika Kihara and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while ...

The Japanese Cabinet has approved a record 8.7 trillion yen ($55 billion) defense budget plan for 2025 as Japan accelerates ...

A former CEO of Japanese optical equipment firm Olympus was found guilty on Friday of a drug charge, with a Tokyo court ...

A report confirmed prior indications that a pilot’s misunderstanding of air traffic control directives, and a missed warning, ...

Retail sales in Japan grew by 2.8% Y/Y in November 2024, up from a downwardly revised 1.3% rise in October, easily beating ...

The Japanese economy is gathering strength but momentum remains uneven, with indicators showing healthy growth in inflation ...

Japan’s Cabinet has approved the country’s largest-ever defense budget for the coming fiscal year — 8.7 trillion yen, or ...

As of writing, the USD/JPY pair was down 0.13% on the day at 157.76.

Japan Airlines attributed the issue to a cyberattack designed to overwhelm its network with massive data transmissions. These ...

The airline also temporarily stopped selling tickets for flights departing Thursday, but said that there was no impact on ...

TOKYO -- Japanese defense manufacturers are cautiously optimistic about 2025, having scored some of the Tokyo market's ...

Japan’s most-followed religion is Shintoism, with less than 1% of its population being Christian. And yet, the nation ...