South Korea, Japan defence ministers agree to upgrade cooperation

SEOUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The defence ministers of South Korea and Japan agreed on Friday to upgrade defence cooperation and ...

Japan carefully considering implications of consumption tax suspension, finance minister says

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is carefully considering the implications for fiscal ...

Japanese automakers rush to explore partnership with Shriram after MUFG investment, MUFG executive says

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has seen a surge in interest from Japanese automakers hoping ...

Japan PM Takaichi's party seen gaining lower house majority in election, Nikkei poll shows

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party is likely to increase seats and ...

Japan-US alliance would crumble if Tokyo ignored Taiwan crisis, PM Takaichi says

TOKYO/BEIJING, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan's strategic alliance with the U.S. would collapse ...

Japan braces for more heavy snowstorms as midwinter election nears

By Mariko Katsumura TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Northern and western parts of Japan face more heavy snowstorms later this week, ...

Five reasons why Japan's election is the most unpredictable in years

Sanae Takaichi has called a snap lower house election on February 8, one of the most unpredictable contests in years.

Japan says in close coordination with US on forex as yen intervention risks mount

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Top Japanese authorities said on Monday they have been in close coordination ...

Japan-born pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrive in China as bilateral ties freeze

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrived in Sichuan province on Wednesday, ...

A crisis of confidence in the yen looms over Japan PM Takaichi's election gamble

The spectre of coordinated yen buying by Tokyo and Washington has propped up Japan's currency, but history suggests the ...

Yen jumps in broad hit to dollar as Japan intervention risks grow

Japan's yen is surging and dragging down the dollar across markets, as rate checks have investors on high alert over the ...

China coast guard patrolled Japan-held islands almost daily last year as tensions flare

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) - China's coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea almost daily last year, it said on Friday, aiming to secure its sovereignty ...