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Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo

BUSINESS / Economy

Japan and the U.S. in sync on the yen, Katayama says

By Kazuaki Nagata

The finance minister has stopped short of saying that the two countries are engaged in coordinated intervention in the currency market or that they are planning a joint response.

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an LDP meeting in Tokyo on Friday.

JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS

LDP sees emergence of new political support group for Takaichi

By Eric Johnston

The group is endorsed by both party heavyweights who backed her in last year's presidential election and those who ran against her.

Masako Suzuki (right) and Sosuke Seki, members of the plaintiff's legal team, speak to reporters Tuesday at the Tokyo District Court's press club.

JAPAN / Crime & Legal

Tokyo court rejects refugee's bid for naturalization over limited Japanese skills

By Jessica Speed

The case highlighted the unclear criteria foreign residents face when wanting to become a naturalized citizen in Japan, with the plaintiff's lawyers calling it a "black box."

Meiji's Hello Panda chocolate cookies are displayed for sale at a store in Manhattan in April.

BUSINESS / Companies

Hello Panda: A globally loved snack Japan said goodbye to in 1989

By Jessica Speed

While Meiji struggled in Japan to sell its crunchy, chocolate-filled biscuit snacks first introduced in 1987, Hello Panda had a completely different trajectory overseas.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attend a welcoming ceremony in Beijing in November 2017 — Trump's last visit to the Chinese capital as U.S. president.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS

How China could lull Trump into softening U.S. language on Taiwan

By Jesse Johnson

Any changes would be a boon for China, which views "the Taiwan question" as "the most sensitive red line in bilateral relations."

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attend a welcoming ceremony in Beijing in November 2017 — Trump's last visit to the Chinese capital as U.S. president.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force's stealth frigate JS Mogami. Japan is trying to sell its Mogami-class warships to New Zealand.

Japan faces U.K. rival in race to build warships for New Zealand

By Alastair Gale and Ainsley Thomson

A deal with New Zealand would build on an agreement Tokyo recently signed with Canberra to build the first three of 11 Mogami-class ships planned for Australia.

Internal affairs minister Yoshimasa Hayashi noted Tuesday that fees paid by local governments to intermediary operators as part of the <i>furusato nо?zei</i> hometown tax donation program have reached a high level. The ministry plans to urge such portal site operators to lower their commission fees as part of plans to increase the amount of donated funds made available to local governments.

Commission fees for furusato nōzei portal sites exceed 10% of donated funds

The ministry plans to urge such portal site operators to lower their fees, as part of plans to increase the amount of donated funds made available to local governments.

Black bear sightings in Japan more than doubled in 2025

By Yukana Inoue

Hiroshima and Nagasaki to take differing approaches toward Taiwan again

Ex-security firm employee arrested over alleged thefts from ATMs

Emperor and empress to visit the Netherlands and Belgium in June

Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s board at the Bank of Japan voted 6-3 on April 28 to hold policy settings unchanged, an unusually divided outcome that pointed to momentum building for a rate increase when authorities next set policy on June 16.

BOJ signals possible June rate hike amid inflation risks from Mideast war

By Toru Fujioka

Opinions documented in a summary of the central bank's April meeting noted inflation risks and the need to raise rates even if the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues.

A Toyota dealership in New Delhi. Toyota plans to start production at its fourth factory in India in 2029.

Toyota plans fourth factory in India after sales grew 21.3% in fiscal 2025

The company said Monday that it intends to begin production at the new plant, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, in the first half of 2029.

Crude oil from Azerbaijan arrives in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo bets on new cancer drugs to fuel future growth

By Eru Ishikawa and Yui Hasebe

How China's evolving consumer habits may protect the Amazon rainforest

By Manuela Andreoni

South Korea roils market by floating ‘citizen dividend’ from AI gains

By Shinhye Kang, Yoolim Lee and Youkyung Lee

A policewoman controls traffic in Pyongyang in 2017. North Korea’s capital is experiencing a surge in passenger cars, creating traffic jams for the first time and necessitating new parking lots.

Even in North Korea, someone's in your parking spot

By Ju-min Park, Eduardo Baptista and Brenda Goh

North Korea's capital is experiencing a surge in passenger cars, creating traffic jams for the first time and necessitating new parking lots.

A passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, is instructed by personnel after disembarking a boat at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, on May 10.

Experts explain why hantavirus outbreak won't spark a pandemic like COVID

By Isabelle Cortes

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived bitter memories of the emergence of COVID-19, but health experts say the two viruses are very different.

Inside the jails where Russia breaks Ukrainian prisoners 'like dogs'

By Romain Colas and Barbara WOJAZER

Duterte ally flees agents in Philippine Senate to avoid arrest under ICC warrant

By Neil Jerome Morales

The EU’s commission chief is increasingly seen as too powerful

By Jorge Valero, Suzanne Lynch and Alberto Nardelli

How China’s leader lost faith in his generals

By Chris Buckley

Germany's Thomas Muller kicks the ball ahead of Japan's Takehiro Tomiyasu during the 2022 World Cup. Japan's win over Germany was a big reason the European team was eliminated in the group stage.

Expanded World Cup opens doors to more teams amid concerns about quality

The expansion is the delivery of a key proposal made by Gianni Infantino not long after he became president of world soccer's governing body in 2016.

Thunder eke out sweep-sealing win over Lakers

Devers helps Giants pull away for victory over Dodgers

Australia's Gout to take on 4x400m relay at under-20 world championships

By Ian Ransom

Tottenham relegation fears remain after home draw with Leeds

By Martyn Herman

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Jan. 16.

Canada’s China recalibration: Rapprochement or risk-hedging?

Kenichi Doi

Ottawa's playing of the China card helps counterbalance U.S. pressure.

Why the Trump-Xi summit will be underwhelming

By Matthew Fulco

Britain’s political center crumbles as Reform surges

By Max Hastings

Is the global financial system making the Hormuz shock worse?

By Hanan Morsy

Putin should be challenged to restore local democracy in Russia

By Roger Myerson

Penguins are seen on an iceberg as scientists investigate the impact of climate change on Antarctica's penguin colonies, on the northern side of the Antarctic peninsula in 2022.

Emperor penguins in focus as Antarctic talks start in Japan

Officials from the nearly 60 countries signatory to the Antarctic Treaty are meeting in Hiroshima for annual discussions on protecting and managing the fragile region.

Iraq's historic marshes revive as water returns after years of drought

By Mohammed Aty

Asia heat waves spell double trouble for economies hit by oil shock

By Claire Jiao and Swati Pandey

Court case challenges New Zealand's 'magical thinking' climate plans

By Ben Strang

100 years on Earth: Iconic naturalist Attenborough to mark century

By Caroline TAIX

Wall Share has facilitated the creation of 37 murals in Osaka’s Konohana neighborhood by artists from 22 countries.

Meet the mural artists who make Osaka vibrant

By Rachel Teo

Graffiti is frowned upon in Japan, but wall art is finding local support. In Osaka, the Wall Share company acts as the glue that connects the artists to the community.

4K restoration sharpens the madness of ‘Ichi the Killer’

By Mark Schilling

In Japan, ‘moms pull weight in ways that are superhuman’

By Mishu Callan

‘Kyoto Hippocrates’: A genial look at medicine’s early days in Japan

By Mark Schilling

‘Cry Out’: Misery without meaning

By James Hadfield

Giuseppe Errichiello's RistoPizza by Napoli Sta Ca was named Asia's top pizzeria in the most recent rankings from the 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific guide.

Tokyo’s top pizzaioli have raised the city to the upper crust

By Aarohi Narain

RistoPizza by Napoli Sta Ca and The Pizza Bar on 38th have dominated Asia's best-of pizza rankings.

Ohi Chozaemon XI: ‘We cannot make tradition the absolute rule’

By Jessica Kozuka

How Japanese influencers in China are bridging a growing divide

By Mike Fu

No added sugar, no problem: A lattice tart held up by sweet beans

By Simon Daly

Charting Japan’s emerging wine scene

By Abi Buller

Muslims pray at Tokyo Camii in the Yoyogi-Uehara neighborhood. Though Muslims account for only 0.3% of Japan’s population, rhetoric in online spaces and by conservative politicians has fomented social tensions.

Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears

By Simon Scott and Ben Stubbings

The planned construction of a mosque in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, had been quietly proceeding for years — until a YouTuber decided to run for office.

Italian creatives find their niche in Japan

By Agnese Dionisio

Counseling and community for foreign cancer patients in Japan

By Jason Bartashius

Please your palate with Tokyo’s international grocery stores

By Mike Fu

In rural Japan, a consultant code-switches and connects

By Mishu Callan

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Japanese content creators in China have emerged as informal “digital diplomats,” using social media to share everyday experiences amid a period of deepening tension between Tokyo and Beijing.

How Japanese influencers in China are bridging a growing divide

By Mike Fu

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