Japanese brewers Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Sapporo Breweries Ltd. have announced a partial halt to sales of their beer sets for end-of-year gifts, as they are receiving a flood of orders amid delays i ...

The Japanese Justice Ministry is considering conducting the first nationwide survey on online hate speech against foreign visitors and residents in fiscal 2026. As discriminatory posts against specifi ...

As smartphone imaging technology continues to advance and mobile filmmaking grows into a global creative movement, SmallRig — ...

Traversing bustling cities and serene landscapes, the Global Journey of Elegant Driving (China Stop) hosted by Chery Group's ...

The average price of rice sold at some 1,000 supermarkets across Japan in the week through Sunday dropped 63 yen from the previous week to 4,142 yen per 5 kilograms, the agriculture ministry has said.

Japan's three megabanks are planning to jointly issue corporate-use stablecoins pegged to legal tender like the yen and the dollar, aiming to promote their use in the country. MUFG Bank, Sumitomo ...

The Japanese government decided Friday to award the Order of Culture for fiscal 2025 to eight people, including baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, 85, currently chairman of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ...

The 11-country Asia Zero Emission Community held a ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, affirming the importance of financing for decarbonization projects, such as the procurement of ...

China and South Korea paid tribute to former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who died on Friday at the age of 101. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press conference ...

Members of Japanese ruling and opposition parties expressed their sadness over the death of former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on Friday. As then president of the Liberal Democratic Party, former ...

Authorities in a Berlin district said Friday that they have removed a statue symbolizing "comfort women," or those who worked as prostitutes for Japanese troops before and during World War II. The ...

A total of 78 pct of Japan's rice farmers said they plan to maintain or increase production of staple rice in five years, a Japanese agriculture ministry survey showed Friday. Those who want to ...