A scarcity of rice is causing discontent among farmers and consumers in Japan and drawing attention to a policy some say has ...

Tokyo cherry blossoms bloom earlier than other Japan regions - Spring has officially arrived in Japan draped in hues of pink ...

A total of 83 percent of voters said the Tokyo Olympics should be postponed or scrapped, while the ratio of those who want the event held this summer has halved, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.

Unseasonably hot weather has covered wide areas in Japan, with temperatures rising 30 degrees Celsius or higher in ...

Prices of rice in Tokyo jumped around 90 percent in March from a year earlier, with the government's recent release of ...

The announcement in Tokyo, which is enjoying warmer-than-usual temperatures of around 66 degrees, comes just one day after the blooming of the nation’s first cherry blossom was confirmed Sunday ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tokyo’s cherry blossom viewers saw the first blooms of Japan’s favorite flower on Monday as officials ...

Baseball's next big star could be part of this year's rookie class in the major leagues. Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki is ...

Hot Tokyo CPI increases odds of BOJ rate hike in May, ING says By Investing.com - 4 hours ago 1 Investing.com-- ING sees a greater chance that the Bank of Japan will hike interest rates in May ...

While Japan’s Diet has enacted a bill calling for decency in election campaign posters, the country’s efforts to prevent ...

The bill came in the wake of last summer's Tokyo gubernatorial election, in which posters featuring indecent content were put ...

Prices of rice in Tokyo jumped around 90 percent in March from a year earlier ... started auctioning its stockpiles earlier this month to ease soaring prices of the Japanese staple. The spike in rice ...