Laapataa Ladies has made a significant impact with its recent release in Japan, further extending its international reach ...

Most tatami mats are a natural golden color, but those made by Mitsuru Yokoyama may be jade green, pink or even black.

Hand-dyed denim and vintage machines are used to make jeans that sell for up to US$1,400 a pair in town where even the roads ...

Japan’s regional economies are facing severe labor shortages. Their survival depends on their ability to persuade foreign ...

Divine will or not, Mr Ishiba triumphed on his fifth attempt last week, and on October 1st he became Japan’s prime minister. His selection does not herald a drastic change of trajectory in Japan’s ...

Japan and South Korea are the latest countries to target Chinese steel products with anti-dumping measures, amid a growing ...

A lawyer for the world’s longest-serving death row inmate — who was acquitted in a retrial last week of a 1966 quadruple ...

Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a ...

Social media has become a fertile breeding ground for extremist sentiment, analysts say, amid deepening distrust and growing ...

A U.S.-made bomb dating back to World War II exploded at the Miyazaki Airport in Japan on Tuesday, damaging a taxiway, and ...

David Alonso stormed to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix and was crowned the first-ever Colombian World Champion ...

Japan’s ruling party will elect its new leader Friday, and the winner will become the country’s next prime minister.