The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday.

Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who killed and dismembered nine. Takahiro Shiraishi’s victims included young women considering suicide, whom he lured to his home using social media and murdered.

Last month, Japan's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years. That is a really big deal, because it means that one of the spookiest stories in modern economics might ...

Japanese graphic novel artist and psychic Ryo Tatsuki has foretold of a major disaster that'll befall Japan in 2025 -- and people are so spooked they're canceling their summer vacations.

Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly ...

Demand for Japan’s 40-year government bonds plunged Wednesday to its lowest level since last July, reinforcing fears that appetite for ultra-long Japanese debt is evaporating.

Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan, which has the ...

Japan is expected to spend $6.3 billion in an effort to thwart the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday lauded the country’s ...

Sumo is Japan’s national sport, steeped in hundreds of years of history and tradition. But Japanese wrestlers no longer dominate sumo. So there was a sigh of relief in local sumo circles when ...

Japan has growing doubts that its next-generation fighter project with Britain and Italy will meet a 2035 rollout target, potentially forcing Tokyo to plug air defence gaps with new U.S. F-35 ...

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan are under investigation for alleged rapes, police say, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents .

Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport, a day after ministerial talks on tariffs, with U.S. President Donald Trump joining ...