The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Video contains artwork that fans have said resembles the Rising Sun Flag, widely associated with Japanese imperialism

In an effort to advance fusion-based clean energy, Tokyo-based Helical Fusion announced last month it raised $15 million in Series A funding to accelerate development of the world's first steady-state net power fusion plant, a reactor that the firm's CEO calls "another sun" on Earth.

The queen, Keir Starmer and veterans of second world war in Asia hear testimonies at remembrance service

In August 1945 the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 people, overwhelmingly civilians. Eighty years on from this slaughter – which the then US army commander and later president Dwight D. Eisenhower called “completely unnecessary” – is an apt…

President Lee Jae Myung called on Tokyo to face its history in his Liberation Day address

Samsung Electronics (OTC:SSNLF) earmarked 25 billion yen ($170 million) to establish an advanced chip packaging RD center in Yokohama, Japan, intensifying its competition with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (NYSE:TSM) in the packaging market.

American Bitcoin, a U.S. cryptocurrency mining company backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, is reportedly looking to acquire Asian companies to bolster its Bitcoin reserves.

Eighty years have passed since Japan’s surrender ended the second world war. But the way Japan thinks about its wartime history is changing at pace. This is coinciding with a political shift that risks renewed Japanese militarism, an outcome that would complicate politics across east Asia.

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its WWII surrender with PM Shigeru Ishiba expressing "remorse" for the first time since 2013. About 4,500 officials and families observed a moment of silence.

Japanese actor Kentaro Sakaguchi is close friends with BTS's J-Hope and has sparked buzz over his connection to BLACKPINK's Lisa. Here's what to know about him.

The country's GDP grew in the second quarter thanks to a rush of pre-tariff exports and a glut of international tourists.