The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Asia’s second-largest economy grows 0.2 percent during the October-December period, falling short of expectations.

The Japanese economy grew at an annual pace of 0.6% in October-December, managing to eke out growth after a quarter of slowdown

The US Army launched military exercises with the Kenya armed forces on Monday. American troops will also take part in wargames with Pakistan and separate drills with Japan. This flurry of activity precedes joint South Africa/Russia/China military manoeuvres coinciding with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Yamaha has launched the 2023 Tricity in Japan—it’s offered in two variants consisting of a 125cc and 155cc model.

‘Our drummer didn’t like the song. He just went: “Boom! Splat!” But it sounded great so we kept it’

My party agreed that we needed to stop drifting in the direction of a higher-tax, higher-spend economy being choked by ever more regulation, which was causing sluggish growth, low productivity and a dampening of enterprise and innovation”. Thus wrote former prime minister Liz Truss last week.

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd., the only whaling operator in the world that uses the mother ship method, is building a new vessel in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to replace its aging mother ship.

HIROSHIMA -- Oysters from Hiroshima Prefecture have been exported to the European Union, marking Japan's first oyster exports to the region. The plane carrying the unshucked frozen mollusks took off from Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Thursday.

The ultra-luxury sedan is supposedly getting the SUV treatment later this year.