The Latest Breaking News from Japan

S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite largely unmoved as it opened for trading for first time after inauguration

Broadcaster Fuji Television is facing allegations company officials tried to cover up a sex scandal involving one of the country’s most famous TV hosts

This tranquil walking route that takes in waterfalls, temples and hot springs is the perfect antidote to Japan’s overtourism, as John Kampfner discovers

The original Animal Crossing looked a whole lot different in Japan

A new stone has turned in the saga of the two Japanese automakers.

Robbie Deans' Wild Knights have beaten Steve Hansen's Tokyo Verblitz by 16 points in Japanese club rugby.

It's very refreshing to hear Honda boss Alberto Puig talk about aspects of his life that are much more ordinary than those required of him as HRC team manager in the MotoGP world championship.  At 58 years old and after seven years in the position, the former rider has experienced…

X reacts to Dodgers signing pitcher Roki Sasaki. The Dodgers now have three Japanese pitchers in the rotation.

Sumo will stage a tournament in Paris for the first time in over three decades next year in a push to expand the ancient sport beyond Japan, organisers said Sunday.