Nintendo has reported a 51% rise in profit for the first three quarters of its fiscal year as the Japanese video-game maker continues to score success with its revamped Switch machine.

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Google invested in Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based developer of AI models and applications, Sakana said Friday. Google invested at the same valuation as the Japanese company’s recently announced funding ...

Sakana AI says the partnership is designed to blend Google’s infrastructure strength with its own research agility and ...

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be Japan’s prime minister, is hoping to seize on her popularity by calling a parliamentary election next month.

ODATE, Japan — Before students can come out to play at his school, Yoji Hikage has to give the all clear. Hikage, a kindergarten principal in Japan’s Akita prefecture, has been on patrol every day ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber on Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP) Japan is barreling forward with efforts to ...

When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in ...

In response to Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google-parent Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) have announced significant changes. The MSCA, ...

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As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines. Sitting just 110 kilometers ...

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake triggered 10 ft high tsunami warnings for across the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, the country's meteorological agency said. That tsunami warning has since been ...