NAGOYA—A transgender politician from Aichi Prefecture has won a damages lawsuit for emotional distress after a fellow ...

Stock markets in Asia edged lower today while safe havens such as gold and the Japanese yen gained as investors remained on ...

Japanese life insurers cut protection for their foreign assets against a stronger Japanese Yen (JPY) to a fresh 14-year low, signaling subdued expectations of a sustained rally in the JPY, per ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

Cases of whooping cough are nearing record levels in Japan with the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria that are difficult ...

Despite being illegal, the transactional sex trade in Japan is disturbingly mainstream, hidden beneath the thinnest possible ...

The Japanese Yen turns lower against the USD, though the downside seems limited. Bets that the BoJ will hike rates again and safe-haven buying could underpin the JPY. Dovish Fed expectations might ...

As a stronger yen propels collective wealth by 14% to $228 billion, Tadashi Yanai’s fortune hits a record high.

On June 17, Japanese police arrested a 66-year-old man for selling pirated DVDs of Ishiro Honda’s legendary monster film, ...

One of Japan’s largest book publishers has had to “urgently” reprint a classic piece of literature after mobile game fans flocked to purchase it.