Despite the revolving door of leaders, just one party – the Liberal Democrats – has governed for pretty much the whole post-war period. Japanese politics manages to be simultaneously unstable and ...

The reactor had been offline for over a decade, and the company wanted to fire it back up, but the reactor had different ...

The world's biggest nuclear power plant was restarted Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its ...

A tour of Japan’s largest home, converted from an abandoned school building.

One of the surviving reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was loaded with fuel last summer and recently turned back on, ...

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Top Japanese authorities said on Monday they have been in close coordination ...

Earthquakes are a reality in Japan, so preparedness is part of daily life. This video shows what goes into a real emergency bag and why each item matters. It explains practical choices, not panic. The ...

By Leika Kihara and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Any Japanese intervention to prop up the yen will have limited ...

The yen surged by 1.75% on Friday to 155.63 per dollar, the biggest one-day rally since last year August, flipping what had ...

The yen rallied as much as 1.75 per cent to 155.63 per dollar on Jan 23. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Against the Singapore dollar, the yen rose 0.9 per cent to 121.3330 as at 4.12pm. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

You may not have noticed but there was a metaphorical earthquake from the East that impacted global markets last week.