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Lawmakers from Japan have traveled to Beijing to meet with Chinese officials in the first visit since tensions rose after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comment on Taiwan angered China

Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has visited a shrine paying tribute to the country’s war dead, drawing rebukes from China and South Korea

Facing acute labour shortages, ageing demographics and chronic productivity problems, Japanese companies should be fertile ground for the take-up of artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, compared with the US and UK, adoption in many workplaces remains sluggish and cautious

While air conditioning is virtually indispensable for combating heat waves at home and at work, wearables are designed to make hot summer days outdoors more bearable. To this end, Dyson, for example, has already launched the HushJet Mini Cool ($99 on Amazon), a fan that can be worn around the neck. The Japanese fashion label…

A person walks past an electronic board showing the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen exchange rate at a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. Eugene Hoshiko/APhide caption

The U.S. dollar has weakened sharply against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets

A notepad in front of US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent reads “To Do Buy Japanese Yen $5-10 bil” as he participates in a cabinet meeting at Camp David, Maryland, on July 31, 2026. See all topics

A person walks past an electronic board showing the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen exchange rate at a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. /Eugene Hoshiko)

When Demi Ebara moved to the U.S. from Kyoto, Japan, around 15 years ago, she was initially focused on the educational opportunities the move would provide for her four children

The Nikkei 225 Index fell 0.8% to below 62,000 on Wednesday, extending the previous session’s losses as technology stocks remained under heavy selling pressure amid persistent concerns over the sustainability of the artificial intelligence trade