It is difficult now, after three long decades of deadening deflation, to imagine how truly wild the 1980s' bubble was in Japan, and how speculation upended its strait-laced culture. Kazukuni ...

GREEN APPLE's "Lilac" stays at No. 2. By Billboard Japan King & Prince’s “HEART” blasts in at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated March 19. The group’s 16th single is being featured as ...

Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet Approval Hits Record Low, Asahi Reports TOKYO (Reuters) - Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government dropped to a record low after he handed ...

American infielder Torey Lovullo — who was in the other dugout playing the final year of his career in Japan with the Yakult ... that included 3,089 MLB hits and a lasting legacy.

The number of foreign nationals living in Japan surpassed 3.7 million as of the end of 2024, marking a 10.5% increase from the previous year and setting a new record for the third consecutive year ...

The slide in opinion polls could be a blow to Mr Ishiba’s leadership ahead of an upper house election slated for July, and comes at a time when Japan’s economy faces headwinds from the ...