Shiba inu of dogecoin fame dies at 18
The shiba inu rescue dog who became an internet sensation and helped inspire a cryptocurrency has died.
The shiba inu rescue dog who became an internet sensation and helped inspire a cryptocurrency has died.
Japanese automakers have agreed to stop squeezing their suppliers and have committed to treating smaller companies more fairly.
After a sharp decline during the pandemic, the number of foreign students in Japan experienced a recovery in 2023, though it remains below prepandemic levels, a public survey found.
A former Miyazaki Municipal Assembly member who goes by the name "Super Crazy-kun" was sentenced to 4½ years in prison on Friday for sexually assaulting a female acquaintance last September.
The transport ministry conducted an emergency on-site inspection of Japan Airlines’ facilities on Friday morning, following a series of incidents involving the company’s aircraft over the past seven months.
The Defense Ministry said Friday that the Self-Defense Forces will participate in the U.S. military's Valiant Shield large-scale exercise for the first time.
China on Friday began a second day of joint military drills to test its ability to seize and control key areas around democratic Taiwan, exercises Beijing said were intended to “punish” the island’s new president.
Parliament passed legislation on Friday that requires companies to offer flexible working options to employees with young children in order to help them balance work with child rearing.
Japan's 10-year government bond yield crossed 1% on Friday for the first time in 12 years amid increasing expectations of further Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy tightening.
If I want to see a wide array of African artifacts, my best bet is to apply for a Schengen or U.K. visa and catch a $1,000 flight from Nairobi to Europe or Britain, where the majority of Africa’s material cultural legacy is found.
The first Japan-China-South Korea trilateral summit since 2019 may not conclude with a raft of concrete deliverables, but just holding the meeting on Monday will be an accomplishment in its own right.
Japan's Rakuten Group is partnering with eBay to test U.S. demand for used Japanese fashion goods, made all the cheaper with the yen trading near a 34-year low.
Nomura Holdings more than doubled pay for its top managers last fiscal year, as earnings at Japan’s largest brokerage rebounded on booming domestic markets.
A woman and her three children were found dead with stab wounds after a fire at a house in the Togoshi district of Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Thursday.
A police officer in Kyoto Prefecture has received a traffic violation ticket for riding an electric scooter while drunk, prefectural police officials said Thursday.
Lai Ching-te was inaugurated as the fifth directly elected president of Taiwan on Monday.
Japan’s inflation cooled for a second month while staying above the Bank of Japan’s price target as the yen’s recent depreciation fuels concerns that cost-push inflationary pressures may be here to stay.
A spate of high-profile airline accidents this year have left a lasting impression on the public.
Born in Canada, Ryan Filiatrault, 37, has thrown caution to the wind a few times in his quest to find truly fulfilling work. He went from being an electrician to a table server and then a recruitment consultant in Japan before ultimately making his passion for filmmaking a reality in his mid-30s. After a lot of hard work he now runs his own production company in Tokyo, Indigo Media.
The world’s three dominant economies are entering a combative phase that threatens to deepen fractures and challenges decades of free-market orthodoxy as the U.S. uses trade weapons borrowed from China’s playbook, leaving Europe at a critical crossroads.
Japanese firms are trying to build loyalty with individual investors to offset a wave of selling by institutions.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to New Caledonia on Thursday that inequalities had widened on the French-ruled Pacific archipelago and were a driving force in the deadly civil unrest that broke out last week.
The controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda may never get off the ground, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that there would be no deportations before a national election in July.
Before India’s marathon election kicked off in April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was promising to come back to power with an even bigger majority than he won five years ago.
Tokyo is seeing a remarkable confluence of Afro-Japanese artistic expression and thought, with three ongoing shows presenting unique dialogues between Japanese, African American and African aesthetics and culture — highlighting a significant expansion of Japan’s art world.