Saou Ichikawa is the country’s first severely disabled author to win a top literary prize. Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry ...

"It is important that (the talks) lead to ending the long-term battle and achieving a just and lasting peace," Hayashi, Japan's top government spokesman, said at a press conference.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Okagi Hayashi, officially recorded as the oldest living person in Japan, passed away on April 26, 2025. She died of heart failure at a hospital in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture. The ...

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is looking closely at the U.S.-China trade talks to be held in Switzerland this weekend, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.

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.

The team at Pex joined Vobile as part of the deal. Live Nation Entertainment has expanded in Japan by acquiring Hayashi International Promotions (HIP), a leading live music promoter for both ...

In some cases, steep, deep decline. Maybe most graphically (and demographically) there's Japan: a country that, since hitting a high of 128 million citizens in 2008, has lost population for 15 ...

This one, Kappy, who’s posing in T editor in chief Hanya Yanagihara’s office, was created by the Saitama, Japan-based 3-D illustrator Ryogo Toyoda and modeled on kappa, a menacing Japanese ...

By Pico Iyer Illustrations by Ilya Milstein A Japanese sentence is often as mongrel as a Japanese street. While walking through a shopping arcade in Osaka — here a tatami tearoom, there a French ...

TOKYO — Rice is a staple in Japanese culture and cuisine, so much so that the word for “meal” is synonymous with “cooked rice.” But demand for the grain is rapidly outstripping supply ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Japan’s top trade negotiator traveled to Washington for another round of tariff talks last week, a bipartisan delegation bearing the name of “Japan-China Friendship ...

Live Nation’s aggressive international buildout has officially reached Japan, where the promoter has acquired Hayashi International Promotions (HIP). The Ticketmaster parent announced its newest ...