Japanese stocks rebounded sharply Monday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 average surging more than 1,300 points to hit a new record intraday high. At 10:45 a.m., the Nikkei stood at 48,939.83, ...

Candidates opposing Ito Mayor Maki Takubo dominated the 20-seat assembly of the central Japan city in a closely watched election Sunday, raising the possibility of the mayor losing her job through a ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed his mourning for the death of Tomiichi Murayama, who served as Japan's prime minister for about a year and a half from June 1994. Xi offered his condolences ...

Teltonika Telematics has once again been recognized as the global leader in hardware for fleet management and digitalization, ...

Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and mother of Emperor Naruhito, marked her 91st birthday on Monday. The Empress Emerita broke her right thigh bone in October last ...

Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, did not visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day autumn festival through Sunday. As Takaichi is expected to b ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), which are aiming to form a coalition government, are expected to exchange policy agreement documents at a leaders' ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Sunday it has postponed the launch of the seventh unit of its H3 liquid fuel rocket, which was scheduled for Tuesday, due to a bad weather ...

A privately organized Japanese culture festival called "Hinode" was held in Moscow for two days through Sunday. Although Japan, which imposes sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, has been ...

Batteries are taking center stage behind the scenes in Japan's electric vehicle market, with domestic automakers striving to improve performance of their latest models by adopting lighter and more eff ...

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. will consider using digital technologies including generative artificial intelligence to support its sales agents, Yukinori Takada, president of the Japanese insurer, said ...

Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation, or FIG, on Saturday expressed understanding for the International Olympic Committee's statement that showed concern over the In ...