The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

An Olympic gold medallist last year in the mixed medley relay in Tokyo, Anderson helped England’s women to silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre

WASHINGTON -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday and confirmed that Tokyo and Washington had not changed their basic position on Taiwan, where China is increasing military pressure.

The former Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive board member under investigation in a bribery probe allegedly also accepted a separate payment of 250 million yen from entities related to the same sponsor, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

Egg-shaped objects light up in a kaleidoscope of colors at Nagai Botanical Garden in Osaka in a show conceived by Tokyo-based digital art group teamLab. The show launched Friday as a permanent nighttime exhibition and features 14 works, including the egg-shaped objects, which change color as they sense vibrations and…

A company run by a former Tokyo Olympic organiser received more than $1 million from Games sponsor AOKI Holdings Inc, on top of payments from the suit retailer being investigated by Tokyo prosecutors, Japanese media said.

The 30-year-old Great Britain team pursuiter went to the Tokyo Olympics as a consultant for Denmark.

Scott Morrison's seat in Parliament is filled by a lonely ukulele. Meanwhile, he's in Tokyo trying to explain why he doesn't trust governments.

As Japan reels from its largest-ever COVID-19 surge, Tokyo and Osaka prefectures are trying to ease pressure on clinics inundated with people seeking coronavirus testing and treatment.

Tokyo (AFP) - Sony trimmed its annual net profit forecast on Friday, partly due to acquisition expenses from the purchase of US game studio Bungie, creator of hits like "Halo" and "Destiny".

Former PM Scott Morrison has defended his government's handling of China, telling a summit in Japan he sought to "resist, not provoke the PRC".

Tokyo (AFP) - The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe by a man resentful of the Unification Church has resurfaced years of controversy over the group.