Many major Japanese companies, including Toyota Motor Corp., fully meet the wage hike demands of their labor unions, which have been calling for substantial raises to address surging prices amid ...

A lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party calls for the replacement of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, expressing concern that it will not win a crucial parliamentary election this summer ...

The Japanese government plans to increase the country's rice exports by nearly eight-fold to 350,000 tons, worth 92.2 billion yen ($623 million), in 2030 from 2024, according to a policy presented to ...

The United States on Wednesday placed 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, not just targeting countries already singled out such as Canada, China and Mexico.

Support groups and lawmakers in Japan concerned about domestic violence are sounding the alarm about a legislative change to ...

Nissan Motor Co. says it has appointed Chief Planning Officer Ivan Espinosa as CEO, replacing Makoto Uchida, as the ailing ...

Yokohama F Marinos reaches the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League Elite football tournament, defeating Shanghai Port ...

New yokozuna Hoshoryu walks a tight rope but claimed his second straight win at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, defeating No. 1 maegashira Wakamotoharu with a headlock throw on the third day of ...

The Nikkei stock index briefly plunged over 2 percent on the morning of March 11, sinking below the 36,000 line for the first time since September, on selling fueled by uncertainty over U.S. tariff ...

Yuzuru Hanyu says the desire to support his native northeastern Japan in its recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami catastrophe was a major motivating factor in his decorated figure skating career.

The Japanese Cabinet has approved a basic policy for a new scheme to replace the controversy-plagued foreign trainee program, explicitly stating it is designed to attract overseas laborers to tackle ...

British business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said in a recent interview in Tokyo that there is "exceptional potential for the future" of defense collaboration with Japan as the two countries progress ...