Indonesia should consider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as part of a strategy to reduce dependency on China, which mostly consumes raw materials and low-grade products, an economist has said.
Five Japanese opposition parties on Friday filed two bills to the National Diet's lower house demanding the retraction of a series of controversial security laws enacted last year due to their unconstitutionality.
Japan's electronics maker Panasonic Corp said on Thursday it plans to change its company rules to recognize same-sex marriages, joining a growing trend toward acceptance in a country where being openly gay largely remains taboo.
South Korea on Wednesday urged Japan to refrain from words and actions that would damage an agreement reached between the two countries on Japan's sexual slavery of Korean women during World War II.
Japan's Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) conducted a series of raids on offices Tuesday, including on those of some international Japanese bluechips, on suspicion the companies may have been involved in rigging bids for a major utility company's contracts.
Bipartisan lawmakers in Japan will convene on Tuesday and are widely expected to adopt a resolution protesting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) launch of a long range rocket on Sunday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday strongly urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to refrain from its planned satellite launch, stating that Japan believes the DPRK is planning to test a long-range ballistic missile.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Tuesday said it was ramping up measures to safeguard against the Zika virus, following the World Health Organization (WHO) designating the virus as a public health emergency of international concern.
Japanese Emperor Akihito bowed his head in sorrow during a somber ceremony at the Philippines’ biggest war cemetery yesterday, but also enjoyed banter about cars, fashion, food and traffic on the first full day of a historic visit.
A deal struck between Japan and South Korea purporting to finally end a long-standing rift between the two countries over the "comfort women" issue was lambasted Tuesday by two former Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.
Japan's cold snap continued to see heavy amounts of snow dumped Monday across swathes of central and western Japan, particularly affecting coastal regions on the Sea of Japan, the weather agency said.
In recent years, more and more countries have begun taking measures to attract Chinese consumers due to their growing purchasing power. Data from China's Ministry of Commerce shows that overseas consumption of Chinese people in 2015 is estimated to have reached 1.2 trillion yuan. China remains the world's largest consumer of outbound travel.
Five people died and scores have been injured, as swathes of western and central Japan on Sunday saw record amounts of heavy snowfall blanket town and cities.
"It's more than a feeling of awkwardness, it's a feeling of degradation and humiliation as our history, which is the world's history, is constantly being refuted and dismissed and this affects us so very deeply, to the point that lately living here has become more uncomfortable."
From Tokyo to Kanazawa in this food-obsessed nation,sampling the culinary wizardry of a new wave of creative chefs.
Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted an extra budget of 3.32 trillion yen (28.2 billion U.S. dollars) for fiscal 2015 through March to underpin the economy and enhance welfare provisions.
Some 26 people were injured after heavy snow hit eastern and northern Japan early Monday with parts of expressway being closed, flights cancelled and Shinkansen bullet train services suspended.
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