The police chief of Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan has made a rare comment about a rumor on social media that a former prefectural assembly member was facing arrest. He called the information ...

Japan's medical institutions dealing with emergency patients are struggling with the spread of influenza as their beds are often filled to capacity.

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

Nintendo's average annual salary may have dropped by 2.3 percent in 2024, but it's still the second-highest-paying ...

The dollar has drifted lower and stocks are cautiously positive as investors await an expected flurry of policy announcements ...

How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real ...

Bollywood star Bhumi Pednekar is heading to the Swiss Alps, tapped as India’s Young Global Leader (YGL) representative at the ...

Andrew Jackson, head of Japanese equity strategy at Ortus Advisors, discusses the Bank of Japan's upcoming interest rate ...

Errors and anomalies do not stop at individual cases; they permeate extreme-age research.

Prime Video has named Keisuke Oishi as its new country manager for Japan, effective Jan. 20. The veteran Amazon executive, ...

The dollar was firm and Asia's stock markets were cautiously positive on Monday as investors waited for an expected flurry of ...

The U.S. dollar dropped and bitcoin hit an all-time high on Monday before Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president later ...