After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature ...

The Bank of Japan’s most hawkish board member Naoki Tamura flagged the need for two or more interest rate hikes by early next ...

Bank of Japan policy board member Naoki Tamura said, “Raising short-term interest rates to at least around 1% in the latter ...

A dog and its owner ventured out for a morning walk in heavy snow in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture on February 5, as a winter storm hit parts of the country’s north.Footage filmed by X user ...

Soil incubation experiments revealed a comprehensive increase in CO2 release by drying-rewetting cycles (DWCs) among Japanese forests and pastureland soils, suggesting a significant contribution of ...

London City Lionesses' Saki Kumagai and Manchester City's Yui Hasegawa were named Wednesday among the 23 members of the ...

The yen strengthened against other G-10 and Asian currencies in the morning session, after a Bank of Japan board member’s remarks boosted prospects of more rate increases.

FormFactor (FORM) also announced that together with MBK Partners, it is acquiring FICT Limited from Advantage Partners. FICT, headquartered in ...

Seiko Epson is pursuing loftier goals: to become both “carbon negative,” absorbing more of the greenhouse gas CO2 than it ...

The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate, currently at 0.5 percent, to at least around 1 percent in the latter half of the next fiscal year ending March 2026 to tame inflation, a board ...

Forest bathing, developed by Dr. Qing Li, is a therapeutic practice that involves immersing oneself mindfully in nature, ...

Weather officials say a low pressure system and moist air caused record snowfall in Obihiro City in Hokkaido, northern Japan, ...