A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have met four times in about six months as the historical Asian rivals face common global challenges.

India, May 20 -- Japan is facing an unexpected economic crisis caused by Middle East tensions that are disrupting the world's energy supply routes. The Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil shipping chokepoint,

The yen has been under sustained pressure over the past year, prompting Japan to enter the foreign exchange market to defend the currency. The benefits of this recent intervention are already waning,

Japan has reported its economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the January-March quarter. Government data released Tuesday show Japan’s real gross domestic product, or GDP, grew 0.5% from the previous quarter.

More than 130,000 people in Japan have died from COVID-19 since the first confirmed case five years ago, the health ministry said.

Four teenage boys were arrested in the killing of a woman at her home. The police say they might have been directed by a new type of transient criminal network known as tokuryu.

The shift was captured in a survey conducted by the Bank of Japan that measures how market participants view the Japanese government bond market’s functioning.