As Shogun was bathing in the glory of its record 18 wins at the Emmy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater in September, Japanese director Takeshi Fukunaga was caked in mud and sweat in a ...

A massive crash involving 67 vehicles in snowy weather has killed two people and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan.

Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over ...

Many Japanese youths share a deeper motivation for advocating peace in Palestine: an intense belief in their own country’s complicity in the war. A protest rally calling for a ceasefire to save the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Japan is a country that seamlessly blends the old with the new, offering ...

The trend lines may be grim, but the Japanese aren’t sweating them. By Motoko Rich Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo The economy is now in recession after barely growing for decades.

Tokyo deals in specifics, not generalities. This isn't a city that reveals itself in sweeping panoramas but in momentary glimpses: the businessman who carries a Hello Kitty handkerchief, the ancient ...

The documentary screening at Tokyo Film Festival takes a deeply human look at the lives of the indigenous Ainu people of Japan's Hokkaido. By Gavin J Blair As Shogun was bathing in the glory of its ...