For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...

Mikuni World Stadium, Kitakyushu Date: Saturday, 5 July Kick-off: 06:00 BSTCoverage: Watch live on BBC One Wales and BBC ...

By Tom Bateman, Kathleen Benoza and Joyce Zhou TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 ...

The Taiwanese semiconductor maker is pouring funds more quickly into U.S. expansion.

The number of individual shareholdings in Japan surged 12% to a fresh record of 83.6 million last fiscal year as the ...

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co. and Seven & i Holdings Co. will show how Japan’s consumer sector is faring as Asia’s earnings ...

US President Donald Trump cast doubt on reaching a trade deal with Japan, a day after threatening higher tariffs on Japanese ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's views on some ...

The end of the zero-interest era is unleashing competition in the banking sector and changes in saver and investor behaviour ...

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...