Tensions between Beijing and Tokyo may escalate further with Sanae Takaichi poised to become Japan’s next leader, observers warn, citing her controversial positions on the Taiwan issue and Japanese ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, pharmacist, tax accountant, bus driver, chef. Name the profession, and Japan ...

Two people in a city north of Tokyo, Japan were injured after a bear wandered into a grocery store and began rummaging through food, Japanese authorities said on Wednesday. According to Japan’s ...

Tokyo — An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a grocery store in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers, officials said Wednesday, while Japanese media said a man was found dead ...

Japan’s favorite beer brand is reeling from a cyberattack that paralyzed its production last week. Its factories have started brewing again, and some truckloads of beer are leaving its warehouses, but ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On Saturday, Mai and Ayako’s phones lit up with breaking news that neither had expected to read for years: ...

The Aussie budget airline said it would discount almost 25,000 fares to Tokyo, Osaka and Seoul in South Korea between midnight Wednesday, October 8 and Sunday, October 12 (AEDT). Club Jetstar members ...

Sports Mole previews Friday's International Friendlies clash between Japan and Paraguay, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Japan will be looking to bounce back from a winless ...

Minesweeper tender JS Uraga (MST-463) and destroyer JS Sawagiri (DD-157) practice minelaying south of the Sakishima Islands, Oct 3, 2025. Joint Staff Office of the Japan Self-Defense Forces photo ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Anti-immigration sentiment is growing in Japan ahead of the upcoming leadership election to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. As reported by ABC News, hundreds of people ...

Sanae Takaichi, newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), holds a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan on Oct 4, 2025. (Photo: ...

The Japanese Yen weakens further amid bets that Takaichi's policies could delay BoJ rate hikes. The recent record-setting run in equity markets also undermines demand for the safe-haven JPY. Fed rate ...