Pedestrians walk past an electronic board?displaying the exchange rate for the Japanese yen against the US dollar in Tokyo on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Tokyo shares closed at all-time highs on Thursday, tracking records on Wall Street where bullish global investors drove US tech firms higher. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.82 percent, or 332.89
The number of people unaccounted for after Japan's New Year's Day earthquake more than tripled on Monday to 323 while the death toll rose to 168, according to local authorities.
Pilots on a Japan Airlines plane that burst into flames just after all 379 passengers and crew escaped had no "visual contact" with the other aircraft in the collision, the airline said
Japanese investigators on Wednesday probed a collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport of a coast guard plane and a passenger jet that killed five people, with almost 400 others narrowly escaping a raging
Japanese rescuers battled against the clock and powerful aftershocks Tuesday to find survivors of a major earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, killing at least 30 people and causing widespread destruction.
South Korean, US and Japanese leaders will meet in August in America, Seoul’s presidential office said Thursday, as the three nations increase military cooperation to counter North Korea’s growing nuclear threats. Relations
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived Tuesday in gas-rich Qatar, as he wraps up a Gulf tour centred on energy security and clean energy cooperation with Tokyo's main oil suppliers.
One person was killed and hundreds of thousands were urged to evacuate their homes in southwestern Japan on Monday, as forecasters warned of the "heaviest rain ever" in the region.
Japan on Saturday marked a year since the shock assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the country's longest-serving leader and a towering political figure
Japan's lower house on Tuesday approved proposed legislation aimed at "promoting understanding" of LGBTQ issues but campaigners criticised the bill for its watered-down language.