While many targets include legitimate military sites like airfields, radar installations and naval installations, the list also features civilian infrastructure such as nuclear power plants ...

The kanji for gold (金 kin) was chosen as the single most representative character symbolic of the social mood in Japan this year, a Kyoto-based organization said Thursday. The character symbolized ...

Masahiko Loo, senior fixed income strategist at State Street Global Advisors, says that with the yen approaching 160 against the dollar, Japan's finance ministry may force an interest rate hike at ...

Parliament on Tuesday enacted the government's ¥13.9 trillion ($90 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2024 to finance the first comprehensive economic policy package under Prime Minister ...

TOKYO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer price inflation probably accelerated in November, driven by persistently high rice prices and the phasing out of utility subsidies, a Reuters poll ...

Japan’s economy has grown at a faster pace than initially estimated, indicating more strength in the recovery as the central bank parses data ahead of a policy decision later this month.

HOKUTO, Hokkaido--Zushihocky, this northern city's bizarre, eerie-looking official character known to induce a double take, was named Japan's most unforgettable local mascot. The ghostly white ...

Tetsuko Furusawa, based in Nagoya and the global head of booking delivery at tour operator Inside Japan, estimates that ... company’s favourite ryokan (the 160-year-old Nishimuraya Honkan ...

in trading thinned by a holiday in Japan and attempts by traders to test key levels and stop-loss orders in a nervous, illiquid market. The dollar rose as far as 160.245 yen in a sudden move after ...