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Japan train driver sues after wages docked for minute delay
A Japanese train driver is suing his employer after his wages were docked 56 yen...
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Nissan triples profit forecast despite chip crunch
Nissan tripled its full-year net profit forecast on Tuesday as it rebounded from the impact...
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Japanese shippers reap quarterly profit bonanza amid supply chain chaos
Nippon Yusen and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Japan's biggest and third-biggest shipping companies by sales, reported...
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Japan foreign minister Motegi to become ruling party secretary general
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tapped Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi to take the ruling party's...
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Japan to compile 'large-scale' stimulus package in mid-Nov, says PM Kishida
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday the government would compile a "large-scale" stimulus...
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Japanese start-up wants wealthy users to swap supercars with $700,000 hoverbike
A Japanese start-up backed by soccer player Keisuke Honda hopes to persuade wealthy consumers to...
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Japan's Orix to sell software firm Yayoi for more than US$1.75 billion -Bloomberg
Japanese financial services group Orix Corp is likely to sell software business Yayoi Co for...
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Gov't to sell ¥1 tril tranche of Japan Post shares
The Japanese government plans to sell by early November a 1 trillion yen tranche of...
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10% of Japanese firms to add regular staff after minimum pay hike: survey
Nearly 10 percent of Japanese firms said they will hire more regular workers, over three...
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Japanese singer and musician Gackt takes indefinite hiatus due to vocal and neurological disorder
The agency for popular Japanese singer, musician, and actor Gackt announced on Wednesday that he...
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Public support strong for Japan's COVID-19 vaccine minister as next PM: Report
Japanese voters strongly support Taro Kono, minister in charge of fighting COVID-19, becoming the next...
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'Evangelion' in 11 languages: Amazon releases multi-lingual preview for final Eva anime film
Japanese movies tend to take a long time to come to home video. For example,...
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SoftBank profit declines following Sprint perk a year ago
Japanese technology company SoftBank’s fiscal first quarter earnings dropped 39% because of the absence of...
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Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill 'happy women': Report
The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo...
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Honda eyes new alliances to make electrification profitable
Honda Motor’s new chief executive said on Friday the Japanese automaker was willing to form...
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Hosoda: Japanese anime has problem with women and girls
Mamoru Hosoda has bones to pick with both Steven Spielberg and Hayao Miyazaki, the other...
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Tokyo assembly faces task of restoring capital's virus-hit finances
With Sunday's election of the new Tokyo metropolitan assembly, the Japanese capital faces the tall...
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Rescuers struggle to locate dozens in landslide-hit Japan town
Rescuers were holding out hope of finding at least 64 people buried under the mud...
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Rescuers fight time, weather in Japan landslide; more than 100 missing
Japanese rescuers combed through crumbled houses and buried roads on Monday (Jul 5), two days...
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Rescuers continue search for survivors in landslide-hit Japan town
Rescuers in a Japanese town hit by a deadly landslide climbed onto cracked roofs and...
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'John Wick: Chapter 4' adds pop superstar Rina Sawayama
Japanese-British pop superstar Rina Sawayama will make her acting debut with Keanu Reeves-starrer 'John Wick:...
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'Final Fantasy' co Square Enix spreading announcements over July and August
Rather than hosting a showcase event in lieu of the cancelled E3 2020, gaming publisher...
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa pulls out of dating show that promised the moon
Japanese fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has pulled out of a documentary search for a girlfriend...
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Trial of Japanese man accused of killing 19 disabled people halted
The trial of a man accused of stabbing to death 19 disabled people at a...
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Human remains found on suspected North Korean boat that washes up on Japanese island
The badly decomposed remains of seven people have been found in a suspected North Korean...