TOKYO—Japan is planning a multibillion-dollar network of small satellites to monitor ships and military sites, its latest response to a barrage of pressure from China that includes a recent ...

The convenience store, or konbini, is an institution of modern Japanese life. Open at all hours, it offers customers tasty food and household essentials, as well as the ability to pay bills and ...

Japan: The second-largest pearl producer, famous for its Akoya pearls, which come in various colors like white, pink, green, ...

Almost 4 million people in southern Japan were urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday, leaving thousands of residents without power and lashing Kyushu island with hurricane ...

Japan says a Chinese Navy survey ship sailed into its territorial waters on Saturday. The incident comes just days after a Chinese military spy plane flew into Japanese airspace. China asserted ...

Every six hours, somewhere in the world, a shipment of liquefied natural gas controlled by a Japanese company leaves a port. The vessels — giant, floating thermoses that keep the fuel super ...

Japan joined the World Bank in August 1952, the year after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in Japan with World Bank loans for the ...

The work of Mr Shiota and his colleague Kyohei Kudo is unpleasant, but vital. Japan has long grappled with what's known as "solitary deaths", where people living without a support network die and ...

Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday morning in southern Japan, bringing strong winds and high waves to the area, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. According to the agency, the typhoon made ...

TOKYO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Southwestern Japan braced on Wednesday for what officials say could be one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region, as some residents in the path of Typhoon ...

Japan’s southern islands were forecast to receive the most rain. The powerful storm has forced flight cancellations and disrupted high-speed rail travel. By Hisako Ueno and Yan Zhuang Typhoon ...

Waves hit a coastal area in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture, western Japan, as a typhoon is approaching (Kyodo News via AP) The storm is expected to hit southern Kyushu on Thursday, with winds ...