Japan's household spending in April rose a real 0.5 percent from a year earlier, the first increase in 14 months, government ...

Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that foreign exchange intervention should be done in a restrained ...

The coast guards of Japan, the United States and South Korea held their first joint exercise in the Sea of Japan on Thursday, ...

He added that Japan is willing to lead the efforts to achieve this. Ukraine has concluded agreements on security cooperation ...

Talk of a free trade pact among Japan, South Korea and China resurfaced at their recent summit. Analysts say pragmatism must ...

Japan Post plans to raise postage rates for sealed items and postcards by 30% as early as October to help make up for losses resulting from the declining number of deliveries due to the growing use of ...

Far from any major city or shinkansen stop, usually nestled in nature and remote towns, these artworks and events are hard to ...

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that he will take action against excessive currency volatility when ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese household spending rose for the first time in 14 months in April from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, although the tepid growth showed consumers remained reluctant ...

Seoul is opposing the inscription of the site, saying that people from the Korean Peninsula were forced to work there. - The ...

In good news for the Japanese fisheries industry, the Fisheries Agency announced that it will start test operations of ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about Japan's fixed-amount tax reduction program that ...