The Latest Breaking News from Japan

The original Nintendo Switch casts a long shadow

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.50%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.55% this morning as Treasury yields fell after cash trading resumed following the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, with investors digesting President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and awaiting…

Discover the legendary career of Ichiro Suzuki, a baseball icon who uplifted Japan's spirits and inspired a new generation of players.

The awards, from the Japanese industry body BCN Retail, reveal who sold the most cameras and lenses over the past year

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan

This tranquil walking route that takes in waterfalls, temples and hot springs is the perfect antidote to Japan’s overtourism, as John Kampfner discovers

The original Animal Crossing looked a whole lot different in Japan

Robbie Deans' Wild Knights have beaten Steve Hansen's Tokyo Verblitz by 16 points in Japanese club rugby.

It's very refreshing to hear Honda boss Alberto Puig talk about aspects of his life that are much more ordinary than those required of him as HRC team manager in the MotoGP world championship.  At 58 years old and after seven years in the position, the former rider has experienced…