Japan

About 4,600 residents remain under evacuation advisories as the fire rages in the northern Iwate region, killing at least one person last week. More than 2,000 firefighters, backed by military …

Updated: 29/01/2025 – 11:58 GMT+1 A truck was swallowed b a sinkhole in Japan’s Yashio City on Tuesday morning. … More The 10-meter-wide hole, believed to be caused by a …

Expo 2025 in Japan is set to take the world by surprise with its innovations and focus on humanity at a time of sombre global challenges. ADVERTISEMENT Expo 2025 in …

Chairman and president step down to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal linked to celebrity host. Japan’s Fuji Media says its chairman and the head of its TV …

Tomiko Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, in central Japan. Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to …

Osamu Suzuki, an ingenious pennypincher who led Japan’s Suzuki Motor for more than four decades and played a key role in turning India into a flourishing auto market, has died aged …

Taiki Mano stunned the jury with his gold-leafed pâté en croûte, proving once again that Japan might be the new masters of this traditionally French dish. ADVERTISEMENT Japan has once …

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has feted the island’s baseball team after their victory at an international championship in Japan, a rare sporting achievement which has brought a surge of pride …

The leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan have held a joint news conference to denounce the growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. Held on the …

The partnership is the first of its kind between the EU and an Indo-Pacific nation, and comes as concerns rise over China, North Korea and Russia. ADVERTISEMENT Japan and the …