Japan's lower house of parliament on Friday approved the government nominee for the central bank's policy board, Junko Koeda, ...

Junko Yokota is legally blind in one eye. At first, her parents thought she was just a clumsy child who occasionally bumped ...

Friday’s approval makes it all but certain Junko Koeda will join the nine-member board, becoming the second female in the group.

Karasu no Hane o Tsukurou Onna” (“Raven Woman”) is a new film conceived and directed by Junichi Haruta, who is also a costar ...

S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are trending down -0.04% this morning as investors awaited a raft of U.S. economic data, with ...

Nights out drinking can often end badly. But in Japan, they have a habit of going spectacularly wrong for government ...

Japan’s Nissan and Honda have ended discussions on a deal that would have created the world’s third-largest carmaker.

Hey Dada,” my six-year-old says. “When did Japan start believing in Pokemon?” It’s day three of our journey through the land of the rising sun and we’re getting to the big questions.

Junko, 66, to two years and six months behind bars. The Kagiokes were found guilty of defrauding the governments of about 170 million yen ($1.3 million) in subsidies. “The judiciary easily ...

A native Briton spends nearly 365 days of the year wearing kimono, even though daily use of the traditional Japanese clothing is on the decline among modern Japanese fashionistas. Sheila Cliffe ...