A Santa Claus figure modeled on the official mascot of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka has gone on display at a major tourist ...

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Japan’s diplomatic rift with China has expanded into a sweeping economic and cultural freeze with Beijing halting Japanese ...

Today, the same playbook is being revived. Invoking "external threats" serves as a convenient pretext to push for revision of the Constitution, accelerate Japan's remilitarization and steer Japan back ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday began talks to update the country's three key national security documents by the end of 2026, as declared by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The LDP ...

Last year, while in the running for the premiership, Sanae Takaichi called the Bank of Japan’s rate hikes “stupid”. Speaking ...

Wall Street was set to join a world stock market relief rally on Thursday as investors cheered AI chip giant Nvidia's ...

Amid an escalating row, China has warned of a hit to commerce with Japan, if Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not retract ...

Japanese shares rose, rebounding from a four-day losing streak, as AI-related stocks climbed following an upbeat earnings ...

Japanese shares rose, rebounding from a four-day losing streak, as AI-related stocks climbed following an upbeat earnings ...

The Japanese yen continued its recent crash on Thursday as its run as one of the worst-performing currencies accelerated.

China has warned there is “no market” for Japanese seafood exports, the latest veiled threat from Beijing as its diplomatic spat with Tokyo escalates over recent comments by Japan’s leader on ...