Japan celebrates as Ohtani becomes the first major leaguer to reach 50-50 milestone
Shohei Ohtani's feat of becoming the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season was met with extra editions of newspapers for fans to read on their way to work.
Ohtani keeps showing a flair for the dramatic during his historic 1st season with the Dodgers
Shohei Ohtani keeps showing a flair for the dramatic during his historic first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Chinese aircraft carrier comes closer than ever to Japan
A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japanโs contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its โserious concernsโ to Beijing over Chinaโs increasingly assertive military actions around Japan, officials said.
Biden to host 'Quad' leaders from Australia, India and Japan in his Delaware hometown
President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Australia, India and Japan next weekend in his Wilmington, Delaware, hometown, the White House announced, as he looks to burnish his legacy before leaving office in January.
A record 9 lawmakers are vying to become Japan's leader, with pledges of change and stronger defense
A record nine Japanese lawmakers have formally entered the race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as head of the governing party and leader of the nation, hoping to regain public support for the party following corruption scandals.
The candidates to be Japan's next leader include a former premier's son and a defense expert
Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishidaโs governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on Sept. 27 to choose his replacement.
Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store chain operator turns down Couche-Tard takeover offer
The parent company of the Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store chain is turning down a takeover offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard of Canada.
White House signaling it will likely stop Nippon Steel's plans to buy US Steel
The White House is signaling an openness to formally blocking the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel, as a government review of the proposed takeover by the Japanese company is on the cusp of ending.
Outgoing Japanese leader Kishida will visit South Korea for a summit on improving ties
Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is going to South Korea to improve the two country's relations.
Global benchmarks are mixed in cautious trading ahead of US holiday and jobs report
Global shares are mixed in cautious trading ahead of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. Investors also are looking ahead to the U.S. employment report set for release later this week for an indication of the strength of the American economy.
Japan's defense ministry seeks record budget as it faces growing threat from China
Japanโs Defense Ministry has sought a record 8.5 trillion yen or $59 billion budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against Chinaโs increasing threat.
Evacuation ordered in northern Japan, power out, flights, trains canceled as a typhoon approaches
Thousands of people in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate because of risks of flooding and mudslides from a powerful typhoon approaching in the Pacific Ocean.
Greenland court orders anti-whaling activist Paul Watson must remain in custody until Sept. 5
Police say a court in Greenland has ruled that veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson must remain in custody as authorities consider Japanโs request for his extradition.
Kishida will not seek another term, meaning Japan will get a new prime minister in September
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek another term as his party's leader, meaning Japan will get a new prime minister in September.
Nagasaki marks 79th A-bomb anniversary without U.S. and other ambassadors after excluding Israel
Nagasaki has marked the 79th anniversary of its atomic bombing at the end of World War II at a ceremony eclipsed by the absence of the American ambassador and other Western envoys in response to the Japanese cityโs refusal to invite Israel.
Japan's Toyota promises to do better with vehicle testing after major scandal
Toyota is promising to strengthen oversight of its vehicle certifications so the scandal that surfaced recently over improper tests will never recur.
US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited
The U.S. ambassador to Japan has decided to skip this year's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited.
Japan's SoftBank reduces its investment losses with gains in Alibaba and other holdings
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group has reported a smaller loss for the April-June quarter compared to a year earlier.
Wall Street slips after a morning rally evaporates as some of the market's AI darlings drop
U.S. stocks slumped after a morning rally evaporated, but the losses on Wall Street werenโt as bad as the manic moves that wracked markets worldwide over the last week.
Calm returns to Wall Street, and stocks bounce back after their worst drop in nearly 2 years
Stocks rose on Wall Street as calm returned to the market a day after its worst drop in nearly two years.
Financial markets around the world stabilize after recent rout. Here's what to know
Markets on Wall Street and in Asia are stabilizing Tuesday following a mini-panic caused by an assortment of factors that stretched from late last week through Monday.
Japan Osprey crash caused by cracks in a gear and pilotโs decision to keep flying, Air Force says
The Air Force says a deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilotโs decision to keep flying instead of heeding multiple warnings that he should land.
Japan rivals Nissan and Honda will share EV components and AI research as they play catch up
Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda say they plan to share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving.
Amid global turmoil Blinken aims to ease anxiety over US election on 6-nation Asia tour
With large parts of the world in turmoil and deep uncertainty over the future direction of Americaโs global role, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought this week to project an aura of calm normalcy as he traveled through Asia on his first overseas mission since President Joe Biden jolted the 2024 presidential race with his withdrawal.
Toyota reports record quarterly profit, boosted by a weak yen and despite a certification scandal
Toyota says its April-June profit rose 1.7%, boosted by a favorable exchange rate, as vehicle sales grew around the world despite a certification scandal that halted production in Japan for several months.
Blinken says US has 'serious concerns' about announced result of Venezuelan election
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States has โserious concernsโ about the announced result of Venezuela's hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro.
Blinken and envoys from Japan, Australia and India work to improve maritime safety in Asia-Pacific
Top diplomats from Japan, the U.S., Australia and India have compiled measures to reinforce maritime safety and cybersecurity and to support other Asia-Pacific countries in improving their defenses.
US-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation, underscores threat from China
Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile production there, describing the rising threat from China as โthe greatest strategic challengeโ.
Blinken to celebrate Biden legacy, reassure allies in Asia after president drops out of 2024 race
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make the case for the Biden administrationโs expanded commitment to Asia and the Indo-Pacific as he visits Laos, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia this week and next.
Naomi Osaka is in a better place as she returns to the Olympics and Roland Garros at Paris Games
Naomi Osaka is back on the tennis tour, back at a Summer Olympics and back at Roland Garros.
A mysterious pile of bones could hold evidence of Japanese war crimes, activists say
Bones dug up from a wartime Army Medical School site in Tokyo decades ago and linked to victims of human experiments by Unit 731, Japanโs germ and biological warfare outfit, remain in a repository still waiting to find their home.
Japanese automaker Nissan lowers its profit forecast amid incentive, inventory woes
Nissan has lowered its full fiscal year outlook after the Japanese automaker reported a 73% decline in profit in the April-June quarter compared to the previous year.
Stock market today: Asian stocks fall after a torrent of profit reports leaves Wall Street mixed
Asian stocks are lower as markets digest Japanese and Australian business data, while U.S. stocks held relatively steady as earnings reporting season ramped up for big companies.
Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrested in Greenland. He faces possible extradition to Japan
Greenland police say they have apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall as dive for Big Tech stocks hits Wall St rally
Asian shares are mostly lower, with Tokyo's benchmark dipping more than 2%, after Wall Streetโs record-breaking rally slammed into a wall of worries over potentially worsening trade tensions with China.
US Army honors Nisei combat unit that helped liberate Tuscany from Nazi-Fascist forces in WWII
The U.S. military is celebrating an all-Japanese U.S. Army unit that was key in liberating Italyโs central Tuscan region from Nazi-Fascist forces in July 1944, even while their family members were interned at home as enemies of the state following Japanโs attack on Pearl Harbor.
Remains of World War II POW who died in the Philippines returned home to California
The remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 have been brought home to California.
Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed after Dow sets a new record
Asian stocks are mixed as investors grappled with weak economic data from China and waited to see the outcome of a top Communist Party policy meeting in Beijing.
Faced with threats from Russia and its Asian supporters, NATO and Indo-Pacific partners get closer
Four Indo-Pacific countries attending the NATO summit have issued a joint statement to โstrongly condemn the illicit military cooperationโ between Russia and North Korea.
Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed amid volatile yen after Wall St climbs on inflation report
Asian stocks are mixed after the latest update on inflation bolstered Wall Streetโs belief that relief on interest rates may come as soon as September.
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Fed chair's comments give scant clues on rate cuts
Shares are mixed in Asia after testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in front of Congress provided little new guidance on when the U.S. central bank might lower interest rates.
To counter China, NATO and its Asian partners are moving closer under US leadership
New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Australia are sending leaders or their deputies to the NATO summit in Washington this week as the military alliance shows growing interest beyond Europe and the Western Hemisphere.
Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China
Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact allowing Japanese forces to deploy in the Southeast Asian country for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills.
German investigators detain third suspect in attempted blackmail of former Formula 1 driver's family
German investigators say they have arrested a third suspect in an attempt to blackmail the family of former Formula 1 race driver Michael Schumacher.
German investigators detain 2 men who allegedly tried to blackmail the family of Michael Schumacher
German prosecutors say two men who allegedly tried blackmailing the family of former Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher were detained earlier this month.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly gain after Wall St rallies to new records
Shares are mostly higher in Asia after U.S. stocks rallied to more records, with gains for technology companies pushing the benchmarks higher.
A Japanese climber dies while trying to scale a mountain in northern Pakistan and another is missing
Officials say a Japanese climber has died while trying to scale one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan and a search is still underway to find his missing colleague.
Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after AI hopes nudge Wall St to records. BOJ stands pat
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Streetโs continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes on Wall Street to more records.
Stock market today: Asia shares rise amid Bank of Japan focus after the Fed stands pat
Asian shares are mostly higher as investors turn their attention to what the Bank of Japan might decide on monetary policy later this week.
Stock market today: Asian stocks trade mixed after Wall Street logs modest gains
Asian shares are mixed as investors weighed data highlighting a slowing U.S. economy that offers both upsides and downsides for Wall Street.
North Korea plans to launch a rocket soon, likely carrying its second military spy satellite
North Korea has announced plans to launch a rocket apparently carrying its second military spy satellite in the coming days.
South Korean, Chinese and Japanese leaders discuss thorny topics and ways to boost cooperation
The Japanese and South Korean leaders have raised sensitive topics like Taiwan, North Korea and the South China Sea as well as ways to boost cooperation, when they individually met Chinaโs premier.
Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall Street's slide on worries over interest rates
Asian shares have retreated after strong reports on the U.S. economy raised the possibility that interest rates may stay painfully high.
Malaysia PM says his country keeps good ties with US but not China phobia, wants to engage both
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said his country does not have a โChina-phobiaโ policy and wants to engage both Beijing and Washington, expressing hopes for both powers to resolve their differences.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher after Wall Street sets more records
Asian markets are mixed in quiet trading, with most of the regionsโ benchmarks inching higher after U.S. stocks hit new record highs.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Nasdaq ticks to a record high
Asian shares have retreated even after most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially technology issues like Nvidia.
Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall Street higher ahead of U.S. key inflation update
Asian stocks have advanced after equities rose on Wall Street, with the Nasdaq composite hitting a record high.
Japan defense chief urges higher security after drone video of warship posted on China social media
Japanโs defense chief has called for the bolstering of its anti-drone capability after a drone footage posted on a Chinese social media site showed a Japanese aircraft carrier docked at a restricted navy port west of Tokyo.
Japan proposes expanding commercial whaling to fin whales, a larger species than the 3 allowed now
Japanโs Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling to fin whales, a larger species than the three allowed now.
Japanese automaker Nissan reports 92% jump in profit as sales surge
Nissanโs profit for the fiscal year through March has jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen, or $2.7 billion, as the Japanese automakerโs sales grew in all major global markets except China.
Japan and India reject Biden's comments describing them as xenophobic countries
Japan and India have decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as โxenophobicโ countries that do not welcome immigrants while he was speaking during a campaign fundraising event earlier in the week.
President Joe Biden calls Japan and India 'xenophobic' nations that do not welcome immigrants
President Joe Biden has called Japan and India โxenophobicโ countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain the four countriesโ economic circumstances and contrasted them with the U.S. on immigration.
Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St tumble. Most markets in the region close for holiday
Asian stocks fall with most of the markets in the region closed for a holiday after U.S. stocks closed out their worst month since September.
Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall Street swings after Fed keeps interest rates high
Asian markets are wobbling in early trading after U.S. stocks swung to a mixed finish with the Federal Reserve delaying cuts to interest rates.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise to start a week full of earnings, Fed meeting
Asian shares are trading mostly higher as investors kept their eyes on potentially market-moving reports expected later this week.
Commerce Department announces new restrictions on U.S. firearms exports
The Commerce Department is announcing new restrictions on U.S. firearms exports in an effort to prevent the guns from ending up in the hands of drug traffickers and criminals in other nations.
Stock market today: Tesla soars as the rest of Wall Street drifts in mixed trading
Asian shares are mostly lower as investors look ahead to a flood of global earnings reports, including from U_S_ companies known as the โMagnificent Seven.โ.
Stock market today: Tokyo's Nikkei leads Asian gains following Wall Street rally
Asian shares have opened higher, led by an over 2% gain in Japanโs Nikkei 225 after U.S. stocks rallied for a second straight day Tuesday, blunting the blow of whatโs been a rough April.
Flight data recorders from crashed Japanese navy helicopters show no sign of mechanical failure
Japan's defense ministry says an initial analysis of flight data recorders recovered from the crash of two Japanese navy helicopters showed no sign of mechanical problems, indicating likely human error.
2 Japanese navy helicopters crash in the Pacific Ocean during training, leaving 1 dead and 7 missing
Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members have crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during nighttime training in a possible collision, leaving one dead.
5 Japanese workers in Pakistan escape suicide blast targeting their van. A Pakistani bystander dies
Pakistani authorities say a suicide bomber that targeted a van carrying five Japanese nationals in the port city of Karachi has killed one Pakistani bystander.
Stock market today: Asian markets sink, with Japanโs Nikkei down 3.5%, as Mideast tensions flare
Asian stocks have tumbled, with Japanโs Nikkei slumping 3.5% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares and other market heavyweights.
US envoy to the UN vows support for families of Japanese who were abducted and taken to North Korea
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America will stand with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation.
Japan records a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year despite recovering exports
Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen remained weak.