TOKYO, Nov 15, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Japan's growth slowed in the third quarter, official data showed Friday, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks to jumpstart the world's fourth-largest economy.

Japan's core consumer inflation likely cooled for the second straight month in October on slower growth in energy prices, a ...

Japan's economy grew an annualized real 0.9 percent in the three months through September, supported by solid consumer ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has ...

Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks slipped as the market’s rally following Trump’s election victory continued ...

Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at 101. Born in 1923, she married Prince Mikasa and lived through the war, supporting historic research and family duties. Her ...

The Nikkei 225 index remained under pressure on Friday morning after Japan published the latest GDP data and Jerome Powell ...

The Italian Parliament has agreed to support the country's efforts with the UK-led Global Combat Air Program (GCAP). Japan is ...

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism.

The Japanese army's fleet of hybrid-helicopter aircraft have been cleared to resume operations after being grounded following ...

Conservatives urge Ishiba to wait until his domestic political position stabilises, while others say avoiding Trump could ...