Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has called on the new administration in Tokyo to grant the Bank ...

Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) will assist local authorities in northeastern Japan in combating a surge in bear attacks that has resulted in multiple human deaths, officials said on Tuesday. Japan ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference after the formation of a new Cabinet in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Sanae ...

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Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday that her government will draw up a stimulus package to address rising living costs. Speaking at a press conference, Takaichi, who was ...

Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, is now set to help the ruling Liberal Democratic ...

Japan's Ishin Party Joins Political Establishment It Vowed to Fight By Kantaro Komiya and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's ...

TOKYO - Japan staged a remarkable second-half comeback to defeat five-times world champions Brazil 3-2 in a friendly at a sold-out Tokyo Stadium on Tuesday, earning their first-ever win over the South ...

Japan are 19th in the Fifa World Rankings, while Brazil are sixth Japan completed a superb second-half turnaround to secure a first-ever victory over Brazil in their international friendly in Tokyo.

Osaka University researchers discovered AP2A1 protein's significant role in cellular aging; lowering its levels reversed aging characteristics. They also found drug IU1, which inhibits USP14, enhances ...

Nobuyuki Ishii, second from right, is pictured with a family who have a boy with albinism in Chiba Prefecture in September 2024. (Kyodo) CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Born with white hair, pale skin and ...

Pensioner Shizue Kato didn’t fancy the new “Demon Slayer” anime blockbuster and instead watched “Kokuho”, a rare live action cinema hit. Pensioner Shizue Kato didn’t fancy the new “Demon Slayer” anime ...