TOKYO -- Seven-Eleven Japan Co. has been conducting an "omotenashi (hospitality) training" program for foreign employees ...

From rail links to Rakhine and Lunar New Year in Wa territory, Beijing deepens its Myanmar footprint as tensions rise with Taipei and Tokyo.

TOKYO, September 16, 2025 — In this Art for Breakfast talk at Asia Society Japan, Robert Andrew traces how his art emerges from Country—melding mechanical movement, soil, ochre, and rock to explore ...

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...

As Japan and China feud, an animal long used in Chinese diplomacy has been summoned back home. As Japan and China feud, an animal long used in Chinese diplomacy has been summoned back home. Visitors ...

BEIJING – All scheduled flights on 49 air routes between China and Japan have been cancelled for February, flight data showed on Jan 26, as Chinese airlines extended special ticket change and refund ...

It feels like every few months or so, we’re writing about another price hike. Often, we’re talking about subscription services such as Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, PlayStation Plus, or Xbox Game Pass. But ...

TOKYO/BEIJING, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan's strategic alliance with the U.S. would collapse if Tokyo were to turn away from a conflict in Taiwan, but distanced herself ...

TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The spectre of coordinated yen buying by Tokyo and Washington has propped up Japan's currency, but history suggests the impact of an actual intervention could be limited, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s tax and spending pledges in advance of snap elections next month have sent jitters through global markets. Japanese government bonds and the yen have been on a ...

Seismic change is coming to Japanese club football and with it one final chance for domestic players to press their World Cup claims. More than three decades after the J.League was launched, a major ...

Prime minister Sanae Takaichi acknowledges her decision to call early poll could prove challenging for voters in snowbound regions Frozen extremities are one of several obstacles facing voters in ...