Japan's three biggest banking groups each posted record net profits of over one trillion yen, or more than 6 billion dollars, for the nine months to December. Their strong performance was partly due ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, whose Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has secured a historic more than two-thirds majority in Japan’s powerful lower house, has disclosed relatively modest personal ...

The net population inflow into the Tokyo metropolitan area slowed for the first time in four years in 2025, internal affairs ministry data shows. The number of people who moved into Tokyo and ...

The net influx of people into Tokyo slowed in 2025 for the first time in four years amid surging rents across the city center, while the Japanese capital remained as a hub for educational and ...

The Defence Headquarters said terrorists that attacked Woro and neighbouring communities in Kaiama local government area of Kwara State are seeking to impose their ...

Martin Thomas Glynn has faced court again after he was charged in December, when he allegedly pledged support for the Bondi shooters on social media just hours after the attack. He is facing two new ...

Japan’s Prime Minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Sanae Takaichi reacts as she speaks with the media on the House of Representatives election day at the LDP headquarters in ...

FILE: A woman washes the harvest banana from the farm to their plantation as they process it for packaging at a private banana plantation in Tagum City, Davao Del Norte. PHOTO BY: ANDREW TADALAN / PDI ...

Australians working in Japan's ski industry say they are shaken after three young Australians died in separate ski-related incidents. They say while skiing has unpredictable risks, there are ways to ...

This photo taken on March 31, 2025 shows people walking down a street by the “I love Kabukicho” neon sign in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. FILE PHOTO ...

On February 4 in Hanoi, under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA), the Vietnam–Japan IT Cooperation Committee (VJC), the ...

Having spent a week in Japan recently, most people I spoke to were worried about rising inflation. Wages have increased by 5%, food prices, including rice, have doubled, as has the cost of my hotel ...