Analysis-Japan PM's idle yen comments send finance bureaucrats scrambling

By Makiko Yamazaki and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Just as Japan was finally gaining ground in its long, hard ...

Japan, Britain to boost cybersecurity and critical minerals cooperation as China’s influence grows

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Britain agreed Saturday to accelerate cooperation on cybersecurity and the supply of critical minerals ...

Starmer invites Japan PM to UK after Tokyo talks

Sanae Takaichi and Sir Keir discussed ways to strengthen ties between their two nations during their meeting, at the end of ...

Japan's food exports hit record in 2025 on strong US demand

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products rose 12.8% to an all ...

This ‘mutually assured destruction’ threat in the $7.3 trillion JGB market helps prevent Japan from triggering a debt crisis — for now

"Yet the JGB has unique features going for it, which limit the odds that the next debt crisis will be made in Japan." ...

Australian snowboarder dies after becoming caught on ski lift in Japan

An Australian snowboarder has died on a trip with friends to Japan after her backpack became caught in a ski lift leaving her suspended in midair, according to Japanese police and the lift operator.
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Japan's population is shrinking. Here's what it means – and what some are doing about it.

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo. But ...

Soldiers, snow plows in Japan battle deadly winter storms

Soldiers and swarms of snow plows battled in Japan on Tuesday to clear record-breaking snowfalls that have buried some ...