TOKYO—In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” topped the charts, and the first Toy Story movie hit the theaters. It was also the last time the Bank of ...

TOKYO/WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian ...

A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, injuring more than two dozen people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people. The ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Dec. 8, prompting warnings of a tsunami as high as 10-feet and triggering evacuation orders. The earthquake struck at 11:15 p.m. local time ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2025. Credit: Prime ...

A Japanese official blasted China’s claims that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has altered Japan’s position on a Taiwan crisis as “entirely baseless,” calling for more dialogue to stop ties between ...

It marks one of the sharpest downturns between China and Japan in recent years. HONG KONG -- China will suspend imports of Japanese seafood, according to ABC News partner NHK, escalating a diplomatic ...

TAKAICHI SANAE was bound to rile China sooner rather than later. Japan’s new prime minister (pictured) is an outspoken nationalist with a reputation as a China hawk. As it turned out, it took less ...

Japan hit another immigration milestone this year, with foreign residents in 27 municipalities now comprising over 10 percent of the local population, according to new government statistics.

WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Jason Douglas explains how Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s summit with President Trump secured a new ‘golden age’ for the U.S.-Japanese alliance. Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters ...

There's a longstanding belief that Japan builds the most reliable cars in the auto industry, and many modern studies continue to bear that out. For example, in the 2025 Consumer Reports honor roll of ...

What Is the Japanese Walking Method? The Japanese walking method, also called Japanese interval walking training (IWT), means switching between slow and fast walking. You walk slowly for three minutes ...