Five years after the World Health Organization first described the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, its effects are still being felt on the global economy. COVID-19 and efforts to...

Japan must fix “any misunderstanding” held by U.S. President Donald Trump that its central bank was intentionally weakening the yen with monetary policy, former Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda...

Tokyo Metro on Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of a subway derailment accident that killed five passengers and injured 64 others. Tokyo Metro President Akiyoshi Yamamura and others laid flowers...

Colombo – Sri Lanka signed a deal with Japan on Friday to restructure $2.5 billion in loans, marking the first agreement with official creditors who had pledged debt relief to...

Washington – Marco Rubio was incensed. Here he was in the Cabinet Room of the White House, the secretary of state, seated beside the president and listening to a litany...

Warsaw – Warning that a “profound change of American geopolitics” had put Poland, as well as Ukraine, in an “objectively more difficult situation,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland on...

Japanese stocks are expected to remain on a downward trend next week amid uncertainties over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. This week, the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index lost 268.33...

U.S. President Donald Trump wrote this week to Iran’s leadership urging the country to negotiate a new nuclear deal, days after it emerged that Tehran’s atomic activities have surged. “I’ve...

For all the millions of tourists flowing into Japan, what are the most popular souvenirs they’re bringing back home? Tea, omamori charms and bottles of rare whisky are perennial favorites,...