Influenza is affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Japan and rising rapidly among that nation's population of 124.5 ...

Large Japanese firms are likely to increase wages by about 5% on average in 2025, the same as last year, the chair of a major ...

Ambassador Suzuki, who was previously Japanese ambassador to India and Bhutan, became the new UK ambassador late last year.

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their ...

In early 2024, the World Health Organization predicted that by 2050 there will be more than 35 million new cancer cases ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their throat.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New ...

And at CES 2025, it’s celebrating its 60th anniversary by announcing a new pair of flagship noise-canceling wireless earbuds: ...

Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish ...

Japan’s prime minister picked out three priorities for 2025. But with a minority government, he may be forced to follow the ...

Sales of new passenger cars in Russia rose by 48.4% year on year in 2024 to 1.571 million vehicles, Russian analytical agency ...