Governments that want to compete with China or the US cannot continue on their existing path. They need to do something ...

Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on U.S. tariffs on ...

When car maker Mazda sneezes, everyone catches a cold, say people in its hometown of Hiroshima in western Japan, but these ...

For all its high-tech innovations, Japan trails in the digital rankings compared to most advanced economies. The programme ...

A common theme running through these global developments is that rivals such as China seem to be faring better in dealing ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

U.S. cars have been getting bigger, more expensive and more polluting in the last several decades — all the things that make ...

Japan's government said its top trade negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, held a 45-minute phone call with U.S. Commerce Secretary ...

Ahead of elections, Japan's upstart Sanseito party is gaining traction by campaigning against immigration, pushing the ...

Opposition parties argue that cutting or scrapping the consumption tax would support growth and ease strains on households after three years of consumer price inflation above the Bank of Japan’s 2 per ...

India's Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will become the launch site for Japan's next-generation E10 Shinkansen bullet trains. The Indian Ministry of Railways announced on Monday that the E10 ...