The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication.

The tenth-busiest widebody route in Japan by number of flights is between Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK). Between January 2025 and November 2025, five different carriers will operate a total of 2,292 flights in each direction on this route.

Most Japanese companies with operations in the United States are preparing for possible additional tariffs under the incoming Trump administration, according to a survey released on Friday by the Japan External Trade Organization.

The Bank of Japan is expected to hike interest rates twice in 2025 and twice more in 2026, International Monetary Fund chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said on Friday. In its latest World Economic Outlook,

Japan's Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi has left for the United States to attend Donald Trump's presidential inaugural ceremonies in Washington on Monday, local time. Iwaya will be the first Japanese top diplomat to participate in a US inauguration.

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory.

Dashcam footage of the earthquake in Japan on New Year’s Day 2024 has been mislabeled online as showing the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Tibet on Jan. 7, 2025, that killed 126 people and damaged four water reservoirs.

Japanese chip gear makers trimmed their revenue forecast for fiscal 2025, citing fears of a slowdown in spending in China as well as by makers of automotive and power chips.

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan.

To showcase the grandeur of Mahakumbh for the world, an advanced media center equipped with state-of-the-art technology is operational in the Mela area.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will size up the need to raise interest rates on Friday amid heightened expectations of a hike — and barring a market shock triggered by Donald Trump’s first few days in the White House.

Observers say the former boy band member’s fall from grace echoes music mogul Johnny Kitagawa’s decades of sexual abuse.