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If there was a coordinated attempt across the Pacific to strengthen the yen, then the Bank of Japan was the weakest link. Whatever happened with Thursday’s unexpected intervention, which saw the yen strengthen the most in more than two years versus...

BOJ's vague stance blunts the impact of joint currency support measures

As the U.S. relationship with some traditional allies fractured during the second Trump administration, ties with Tokyo have only improved. Now, after they launched a coordinated intervention to strengthen the........

When Nvidia Corp. founder Jensen Huang was in Tokyo last month, the most surprising place he visited wasn’t a chip supplier or even videogame maker Sega Sammy Holdings, but Yakiton Sankichi.

When Nvidia founder Jensen Huang was in Tokyo last month, the most surprising place he visited wasn't a chip supplier or even video game maker Sega Sammy Holdings, but........

It is getting harder to explain why nuclear weapons are indispensable to protecting Japan while simultaneously arguing that their possession is morally and politically unacceptable.

Opposition politicians in Australia are demanding that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologize to his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, for purportedly sexist remarks he made on a podcast, an episode some have dubbed “Melongate.”

Japan's defense posture has long relied on doublethink. How else can you explain the nation's ability to........ © The Japan Times

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has inherited a lot of things from her mentor, the late premier Shinzo Abe: Her support base, conservative credentials, and even her favored slogan of “Japan is back.”

If you sit down to eat in Japan these days, you might be faced with some interesting choices.