The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

Two vending machines selling whale meat were unveiled in Tokyo on January 24 as part of the whaling industry’s campaign to try and increase consumption, which is on the decline in Japan. However, animal rights defenders, including our Observers, are angry that whalers are back in Japanese waters after the…

A senior official with the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and three company executives have been arrested in an ongoing bid-rigging scandal related to the Games

Trash cans have been disappearing from train stations as railway operators have grown weary of passengers' bad manners, such as disposing of household garbage at stations.

A community radio station in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, has installed a radio atop a vending machine in Setagaya Park to disseminate needed information in the event of a large-scale disaster.

After taking a break away from the pool following her successful Tokyo campaign, Emma McKeon is feeling mentally recharged with the Paris Olympics on the horizon.

The Japanese and Philippine governments, ahead of a summit meeting scheduled for Thursday in Tokyo, have entered the final stage of reaching a comprehensive agreement that smooths the process for implementing joint drills in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, several Japan government sources said.

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday sacked a close aide after he made remarks about sexual minorities that the premier called "outrageous".

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss will join the former leaders of Australia and Belgium at a conference in Tokyo later this month to call for a tougher international approach to China

NEW DELHI: Financial institutions from New York to London and Tokyo are dissecting their exposure to the empire of Gautam Adani, who was Asia’s richest man only a few days ago.