Restaurant etiquette differs from country to country, and what one might consider the norm in America can actually be quite offensive in Japan.

But Sasaki had arrived just as long-entrenched Japanese training norms were starting to give way to less dogmatic American ...

Economy and foreign ministers of Japan and Britain agreed Friday to promote free and open international trade at their first "two-plus-two" dialogue on economy held in Tokyo amid growing concern about ...

Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. A long-standing ...

The “Konkatsu killer” case invites a deep reflection on the weight of societal expectations on gender and appearance in Japan.

A public elementary school in rural Japan has done away with homework — and after one year, some students say they are more motivated to learn. The principal of Yamagata Prefecture's Nisshin ...

A government screening is expected to take place for the new textbooks in fiscal 2028. THE JAPAN NEWS/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan must cooperate with Europe and the United States in creating a global standard on the technical aspects of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the chief of the ...