Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area picked up slightly in January, government data showed Friday, supporting the Bank of Japan’s plan to pursue more interest-rate increases.

A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as the rescue operation of the driver has dragged on for days.

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.5% in January from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations for further interest rate hikes.

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of Tokyo.

Weeks after Japan revealed details of a landmark energy plan partly designed to keep up with an expected AI surge, the shock rise of Chinese startup DeepSeek has upended conventional wisdom over the sector's future power demands.

Japan's Rakuten Group has decided not to seek a listing for Rakuten Securities on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the company said on Thursday. The struggling e-commerce giant had said in November that it had temporarily withdrawn its application to have the securities unit go public,

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent will cooperate on issues including forex, Kato said on Wednesday, following a video conference call between the two officials.

Caribbean Series in Mexicali, Mexico, will give us a glimpse of the annual tournament’s future, while also featuring the four teams that made up the event’s traditional lineup for decades. Different from the recent Caribbean Series -- which featured relatively new nations to the tournament such as Curaçao,

Kanye West, 47, and his wife Bianca Censori, 30, are back in the news after being spotted in public for the first time in weeks. The married couple were

Japan saw 233,000 Indians visit the country, a 40% increase from the previous year, according to data from JNTO.

The sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on.