Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea's Kospi surged 0.9% to 5,218.81, hitting a fresh record as computer chip maker SK Hynix picked ...

Last month she decided to test her strong performance in the polls by calling a snap election on 8 February to Japan’s lower, more powerful house (loosely equivalent to the House of Commons, although ...

A guide to Shinjuku’s old-school kissaten coffee shops, from decades-old neighborhood cafes to retro spots locals still rely ...

Japan’s labor force population reached a record high 70.04 million in 2025, buoyed by the continued influx of seniors, women and foreign nationals in the job market, an internal affairs ministry ...

High in the misty riverside hills of Ashikubo, where tea bushes ripple across centuries-old terraces, a quiet revolution is brewing.

Official campaigning began across Japan on Tuesday for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8, as Prime Minister ...

TOKYO - Candidates planning to run in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election are roughly split over the controversial ...

Of previous Best Actress winners Sakura Ando, who has won the Japanese Oscar five times -- three times as lead for Oscar ...

How did Takaichi Sanae overcome barriers to become prime minister? What circumstances and personal qualifications or experiences helped her candidacy succeed? The path to the prime minister’s office ...

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City Women’s FC will take on DPRK side Naegohyang FC in the quarter-finals of the AFC Women’s Asian ...

At a meeting in Tokyo, Prime Ministers Giorgia Meloni of Italy and Sanae Takaichi of Japan bonded over being conservative women at the pinnacle of power.

Project B, the new women’s and men’s basketball league, will make a stop in Tokyo in April 2027. Tokyo is the first city the organization has officially announced. Its tournament will be one of seven ...