Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...

Erik Buhrow dreams of retiring in Japan. Until then, he'll rent out the akiya, or abandoned home, to other Americans who want ...

International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...

An elderly man from Japan has gone viral for his extremely frugal ways. Hiroto Kiritani, 75, a former pro shogi (Japanese chess) player has earned himself the nickname of ‘God of Freebies’. The reason ...

An 85-year-old woman was found dead and her 63-year-old son found unconscious at their home in Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, on Saturday. The son died later in hospital. According to police and the ...

Itooka, who loved bananas and a yogurt-flavored Japanese drink called Calpis, was born on May 23, 1908. She became the oldest person last year following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas ...

Tomiko Itooka passed away at her nursing home in Japan on December 29th. She was 116 years old. She became the oldest living person in August 2024 following the death of a 117-year-old woman.

A court in the state of New York says it will sentence US President-elect Donald Trump for his hush money conviction on January 10, before his inauguration. Trump was convicted last May for ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma — A daruma doll is a traditional Japanese craft known as a good luck charm called “Engi daruma.” The eyes of a new daruma are blank. You fill in the right side (the left eye of the ...

One of the Bank of Japan’s mandates is currency control, so its moves are key for the Yen. The BoJ has directly intervened in currency markets sometimes, generally to lower the value of the Yen ...