Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, pharmacist, tax accountant, bus driver, chef. Name the profession, and Japan ...

Two people in a city north of Tokyo, Japan were injured after a bear wandered into a grocery store and began rummaging through food, Japanese authorities said on Wednesday. According to Japan’s ...

Tokyo — An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a grocery store in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers, officials said Wednesday, while Japanese media said a man was found dead ...

TOKYO: An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a supermarket in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers while separately a man was found dead in a suspected mauling, officials and ...

Japan’s favorite beer brand is reeling from a cyberattack that paralyzed its production last week. Its factories have started brewing again, and some truckloads of beer are leaving its warehouses, but ...

The Aussie budget airline said it would discount almost 25,000 fares to Tokyo, Osaka and Seoul in South Korea between midnight Wednesday, October 8 and Sunday, October 12 (AEDT). Club Jetstar members ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Anti-immigration sentiment is growing in Japan ahead of the upcoming leadership election to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. As reported by ABC News, hundreds of people ...

The Japanese Yen weakens further amid bets that Takaichi's policies could delay BoJ rate hikes. The recent record-setting run in equity markets also undermines demand for the safe-haven JPY. Fed rate ...

Sanae Takaichi won the leadership of Japan's ruling party on Oct 4, 2025, putting her on course to become the country's first woman prime minister. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via Reuters/File Photo) TOKYO: ...

A few years ago, in 2020, during the pandemic, I started exercising in the only space I had: my living room. No gyms. No studios. Just a yoga mat and free YouTube workouts. Over the course of a year, ...

The national flags of Japan and the United States are seen in this file photo. (Mainichi) WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday described Japan's likely first female prime ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday hailed the choice of conservative Sanae Takaichi to be Japan's first female prime minister, calling her a person of "wisdom and strength." "Japan has just elected ...