SEOUL - South Korea’s education ministry on March 24 denounced a Japanese government panel’s approval of high school textbooks containing what Seoul described as “historical distortions”. “The ...

Japan’s two-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 1996, while five-year yields hit a record, as expectations build for a near-term Bank of Japan rate hike. The two-year rate, ...

Since last fall, Concerta, a medication used for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has been in short supply nationwide. Some clinics ...

TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - Japan is weighing a controversial plan to arrest the yen's slide: stepping into oil futures markets, sources say, as long-standing policy tools lose traction against ...

The Odaiba Retro Museum recreates mid-century Japan through immersive exhibits such as vintage shops and sento bathhouses.

The 2026 Formula 1 season is only three races deep, but the hierarchy of the new era is already crystalizing. At the iconic Suzuka International Circuit, 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli won after an ...

Fortune cookies emerged from Edo-era Japan, evolved in the US through Japanese and Chinese communities and are now bridging cultures with humor, wisdom and social messages.

Japan's government and consumer bodies are urging shoppers not to panic-buy toilet paper because of the Iran war. Almost all the toilet paper sold in Japan is made in the country from locally ...