By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese Labour Ministry panel on Monday proposed a 6% increase in the national average ...

The Bank of Japan may hike interest rates as early as October, as trade-related uncertainty has started to recede and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the government is ready to compile an extra budget to cushion the ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living ...

Japan’s government bond yields fell on Monday morning following a weaker-than-expected US employment report, raising concerns ...

Seventeen heat records were broken in Japan on Monday, the weather agency said, after the country sweltered through its ...

A joint venture between India's JSW Steel and Japan's JFE Steel will invest 58.45 billion rupees ($669 million) to expand ...

Japanese politics is different in many ways, but in one, it’s having what appears to be an analogous moment: “Honestly ...

Planning a trip to Kyoto, Japan? Our guide covers the must-see temples, the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, where to eat, and the ...

The earthquake was powerful. One of the strongest ever recorded. Unlike 2011's Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, there ...

Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first major title when she withstood a charge by Charley Hull by not making a bogey ...

Thirty-seven years before Ichiro, there was Masanori Murakami -- the first Japanese player in Major League Baseball history, ...