Tag: Japan
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Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said yesterday. She ... -
Japanese lawmakers travel to Beijing, seeking to mend ties after Takaichi’s Taiwan remark fallout
A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, including one from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party, headed to Beijing yesterday to meet with Chinese officials for the ... -
A moderate earthquake shakes Japan, injuring more than 30 people in the Tokyo region
A moderate earthquake rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early yesterday, injuring more than 30 people, most of them lightly, officials said. There was no danger of a ... -
Crown Prince Akishino has ‘mixed feelings’ about male-only succession law
Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, yesterday said he has “mixed feelings” about the government’s revision to the Imperial House Law that ... -
Nagasaki marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as mayor says nuclear deterrence only increases risk
Nagasaki yesterday marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons “absolute evil,” denounced growing support for ... -
Combat drones key to adapting to new warfare as tension rises in the region
Japan needs to adapt to the new methods of warfare like drones and artificial intelligence used in Ukraine and the Middle East and strengthen its defense ... -
PM visits quake-hit southern Japan as cleanup begins in intense heat
Residents in Japan’s quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto put out heaps of debris for collection and the prime minister visited as the region baked under intense ... -
US dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen after market interventions
The U.S. dollar weakened sharply against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets. Before ... -
Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 23
Rural communities in southwestern Japan were struggling to get their lives back to normal yesterday, two days after a powerful earthquake set off an explosion at a mall, ... -
Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers comb through quake rubble
Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors yesterday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 ... -
Humanoids dance and thread needles as Japanese developers look to outdo Chinese
Mechanical hands dexterous enough to thread a needle, childlike dancing robots and adult-sized ones to help with deliveries were on display yesterday as the Humanoids Summit ... -
Star of hit series ‘The Solitary Gourmet’ hopes to share its joy of eating
Japanese TV program “The Solitary Gourmet” quietly started in a late-night slot 14 years ago featuring a suit-clad, middle-aged man’s joy of solitary dining at a ... -
The Iran war is reviving a popular trade in Japan
The Iran war is challenging Japan’s safe-haven assets, once again forcing domestic investors to seek better returns abroad. The yen slid past 160 per dollar at ... -
Takaichi meets with Trump as he seeks help securing the Strait of Hormuz
The meeting that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will have at the White House today [Macau time] originally seemed like a prime opportunity to have President ... -
Japan records surplus as export growth balances out weak China demand
Japan recorded a trade surplus of 57.3 billion yen ($360 million) in February, according to government data released yesterday, reversing from a deficit a month earlier. ... -
Asian shares advance and oil slips back despite a barrage of attacks by Iran
Asia shares advanced yesterday, with benchmarks in Japan and South Korea jumping as oil prices fell back slightly despite a barrage of attacks by Iran on ... -
Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends
Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging ... -
Technology investor SoftBank Group sees profitability return on AI boom
Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group Corp. swung back into profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as its investments in OpenAI and other ventures ... -
Northern areas hit by heavy snowfall, as warnings issued for more
Heavy snow piling up in northern Japan in the last two weeks has blocked roads and is blamed for dozens of deaths nationwide so far, government ... -
People mark Setsubun with bean-throwing to ward off evil spirits
Scores gathered at a shrine in Japan’s Hakone to try and catch “lucky beans,” hoping to ward off evil spirits as they celebrate the last day ... -
Chinese tourists avoid Japan amid concerns
Chinese tourist numbers to Japan have plummeted amid diplomatic frictions, security warnings, large-scale flight cancellations, and growing concerns over natural disasters and disease outbreaks, experts said ... -
Man who assassinated prime minister Abe gets life in prison
A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment yesterday. The case has revealed decades of cozy ... -
Manila and Tokyo sign a new defense pact as they face growing China influence
Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact yesterday that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other necessities when their forces stage ... -
Takaichi wins fans not with politics but with her style, and ‘work, work’ mantra
The pledge by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work” for her country has been named the catchphrase of the year, ... -
China’s pressure on Japan could last for some time
Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alley in Tokyo’s ... -
Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite
Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started making the ... -
A spat over Taiwan is threatening China-Japan ties
Less than a month into her term, Japan’s conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese ... -
Beijing signals tougher measures after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Beijing has issued a cascade of warnings following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent comments on Taiwan, a sign that China is prepared to escalate countermeasures ... -
Gov’t warns residents to remain vigilant when traveling to Japan, following Beijing
Following the unexpected release of a notice by the Chinese authorities on Friday, advising Chinese citizens to “temporarily refrain from traveling to Japan,” and a similar ... -
Japan resumes seafood exports to China two years after Fukushima wastewater release
Japan announced Friday that its seafood exports have resumed for the first time since China imposed a ban over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima ... -
Powerful quake strikes off the coast, tsunami advisory issued
A powerful quake rattled northern Japan yesterday evening, followed by several more temblors, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tsunami advisory was issued. The earthquake, ... -
South Korean and Japanese leaders vow to improve ties in face of global uncertainty
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met in their first summit yesterday, pledging to strengthen ties that have been ... -
Motegi plans to tell Trump it will build up military
Japan’s new foreign minister said yesterday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense to rapidly adapt to changing warfare realities ... -
Parliament elects Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister
Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister yesterday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a ... -
Court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs
A Japanese court yesterday dismissed an appeal by an Australian woman who said she was tricked into smuggling drugs by a man she hoped to marry, ...
