Former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday announced her candidacy for the Oct. 4 presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, aiming to become Japan's first female ...

Inflation in Japan slowed to 2.7 percent in August due partly to government energy subsidies, official data showed Friday, with the cost of rice easing following a huge price spike. Inflation ...

Japan’s central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5% Friday, in a decision that was widely expected, given recent inflation trends that have stayed above target. The Bank of Japan issued ...

Asian shares mostly retreated Friday after a rally of technology stocks led by Nvidia and Intel pushed Wall Street to more records. Japan's Nikkei 225 switched from gains to losses, closing nearly 0.6 ...

Prosecutors have demanded a prison term of 12 years for a former MUFG Bank employee who allegedly stole gold bars and money from customer safe deposit boxes, describing the case as "an unprecedented ...

The Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company SSP Co is set to offer Cialis as Japan's first over-the-counter erectile dysfunction treatment drug. A health ministry panel on Thursday approved the tablet as a ...

Jon Stewart plans to host Thursday's episode of “The Daily Show,” one day after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about the assassination of ...

Suzuki Motor Corp said its first battery-electric vehicle will be released in Japan on Jan 16, as it strives to gain ground in the EV market led by its competitors. The "e Vitara" SUV, which will be ...

Police in Kumamoto City have arrested a 51-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of violating the Animal Welfare Act after more than 150 dead cats were found at her home. According to police, Yuki ...

Japan saw a record 1.2 million phishing cases reported in the first half of 2025, data from the National Police Agency showed Thursday, putting the nation on pace to smash the previous single-year ...

A senior Fukuoka prefectural police official. The Kitakyushu-based Kudo-kai, a government-designated dangerous crime syndicate, no longer has any active members in their 20s or under, police say.