Takahide Kiuchi, executive economist at Nomura Research Institute, expects that the Bank of Japan will hike rates in January ...

Two months ago, some in Tokyo joked that we no longer carry yen in our wallets, but Japanese “pesos” or “rupiah.” Now, with ...

Japan has posted a trade deficit for a second straight month, as both exports and imports were lower than expected.

SINGAPORE: The head of a syndicate in Japan accused of laundering some 70 billion yen (S$628.7 million) for criminals there ...

For a 22-year-old Filipino worker at an elder care facility in this central Japan city, the weak yen makes for little leeway ...

A 28-year-old woman pleads not guilty to murdering her wealthy elderly husband who described himself as the "Don Juan" of the ...

A 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old youth have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 68-year-old woman and stealing her money in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, in April. According to police, Tomoki ...

Asian stocks are mixed with several key markets closed for a holiday, after U.S. stocks finished their best week of the year ...

Their sales in fiscal 2023 were 277.4 billion yen (roughly $1.93 billion ... Historical paintings in north Japan match with those at British Museum Old sliding door paintings in northern Japan ...

A still-wrapped version of Super Mario Bros., released in 1985, sold in 2021 for US$2 million. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nintendo's first-ever museum in Kyoto, Japan, will house vintage video games, a shoot-em-up with Super Mario characters, and ...

"Before, we were moving every few years, so our walls were never painted, and we never hung up pictures," Lawrence Covian ...