Japan

Toyota, Honda turn India into car production hub in pivot away from China

Japanese automakers are redrawing global supply chains to reduce dependence on China.

Japan sends troops to combat deadly wave of bear attacks

FILE PHOTO: A brown bear gnaws at the cage it is trapped in in Sunagawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami/File Photo

Hop on free buses to over 50 museums and galleries at Art Week Tokyo from Nov 7 to 9

From Nov 7 to 9, lime green buses on seven citywide routes will ferry art lovers for free to the doorsteps of Tokyo’s top contemporary art institutions as part of the annual Art Week Tokyo (AWT), which opened to the public on Nov 5.

Japan PM Takaichi’s summit proposal gets no reply from North Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was said to have broached the idea to North Korea immediately after she took office.

The dark side of Japanese convenience stores

Japan's owners of convenience stores such as 7-Eleven owners are under pressure trying to hire more staff while facing growing competition. .

Japan has conveyed hope to North Korea to hold summit: PM Takaichi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she wants to speak frankly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and "achieve concrete results".

In The Spotlight

The rise of Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the World Series MVP

TORONTO, ONTARIO - NOVEMBER 02: Yoshinobu Yamamoto #18 of the Los Angeles Dodgers raises the Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player Award after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in game seven of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center on November 02, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. Emilee Chinn/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Emilee Chinn / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Oasis' reunion in Japan strikes chord with new generation of fans

Liam Gallagher (left) and Noel Gallagher of the English rock band Oasis arrive on stage during the first show of their Australian tour at Marvel Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct 31.

Woman found dead in mountains in north-eastern Japan; bear attack suspected

A bear caught on camera near Shibecha in Japan's northern Hokkaido prefecture in 2023.

Popularity of new Japan PM Takaichi reaching fever pitch in her home turf of Nara prefecture

World Heritage in Nara city began selling manju sweet buns with a drawing of Ms Takaichi and her Cabinet on the packaging.

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