Moody's sees encouraging signs in Japan's return to sustained growth and stable inflation, but a key test will be whether that resilience can withstand future shocks, the rating agency's Japan sovereign analyst told Reuters on Tuesday.

A popular Japanese cartoonist has sued the government over a revised imperial succession law. The law allows royals to adopt male relatives from former branch families to father future heirs.

After decades in which borrowing has been virtually free, Japan is raising interest rates, affecting savers and borrowers alike. We talk to a former rate-setter at the Bank of Japan, to a homeowner who is braced for the cost of her mortgage to rise,

The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival opened Monday with a rain-soaked red carpet and a ceremony at Hulic Hall, where Japan's government used the occasion to restate its goal of selling JPY20 trillion ($133 billion) worth of Japanese content overseas by 2033.

Japan cyberattack on currency trading platform prompts emergency measures after hackers demand US$50 million ransom Read more at straitstimes.com.

As part of its ongoing safety review, the IAEA independently tested samples from the latest batch before its release into the sea. On-site analysis confirmed that tritium levels were far below Japan’s operational limit of 1,

In Japan, major carriers Japan Airlines, ANA and Skymark have cancelled more than 100 flights, mostly domestic, between Thursday and Sunday, disrupting travel for over 11,000 passengers. The approaching storm is also disrupting the major military exercise called Keen Sword that is underway around Japanese islands near Taiwan.

Japan’s financial authorities are stepping up cybersecurity efforts after the fallout from an attack on a server-hosting company spilled over into unauthorized foreign-exchange trades.