The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

Nineteen Japanese who are allegedly members of a fraud group have been detained by Cambodian authorities. The Metropolitan Police Department obtained arrest warrants for the men on suspicion of fraud targeting a woman in Tokyo, according to investigative sources.

Female candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilings

Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games

Tokyo (AFP) - Atsushi Ikeda loves his car so much that he founded a club for Tesla owners, but his embrace of an electric vehicle makes him something of an outlier in Japan.

Opening a hotel during a global pandemic might not sound like a wise business move. But the introduction of Tokyo’s second Four Seasons hotel in September 2020 “reestablished” the brand “as a major force to be reckoning with when choosing among the finest places to stay around town”, said Condé Nast…

TOKYO: Japan will begin offering aid to the militaries of “like-minded countries”, as Tokyo embraces a more proactive defence strategy to address growing regional threats.

Tokyo-listed Toridoll partners with Capdesia to acquire pizza and Greek casual dining business Fulham Shore

Tokyo (AFP) - Fresh images from inside a crippled reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant revealed heavy damage to its foundation and significant debris, its operator said.

TOKYO: Nearly 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are social recluses, according to a new government survey, with a fifth citing the Covid-19 pandemic as the main reason for their withdrawal.