Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan’s push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain ...

The index for business optimism among large Japanese manufacturers increased to 17 for the first quarter of 2026, up from 15 in the previous quarter. Large non-manufacturers' business sentiment stood ...

For more than a decade, Japanese home builders have been tiptoeing into the U.S. housing market with small, discreet acquisitions of private American construction companies. Their quiet era is over.

It's no secret that walking is wonderful for the body and mind. Walking is one of the simplest forms of exercise, but also offers a host of health benefits — from improving cardiovascular health and ...

NAGASAKI, Japan—As a teacher, Michiko Yagi told schoolchildren that Japan had made a solemn promise to the world never to wage war again. Now 87, Yagi had been lucky to survive the atomic blast that ...

Japan's yen is sliding as the oil market hits the currency, prompting government intervention talks. The yen is nearing 160 per dollar, a key level that could prompt Japanese financial intervention.

Japan is preparing to start releasing crude oil from stockpiles held jointly by the country and oil producers as well as national stocks, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in an X post. The ...

L.L.Bean might operate more than 100 stores worldwide today, but back in the mid-’90s, already 75 years into business, there were only two retail locations. The first, of course, was its iconic ...

Few world leaders seem to get along with President Donald Trump as well as Sanae Takaichi. But the Japanese prime minister could be in for an earful when she visits the White House on Thursday, as ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi headed to the United States on Wednesday for what she expects to be a "very difficult" meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump after he called on ...

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s first official visit to Washington this week was supposed to be a triumphant celebration of the friendship, with a gift of 250 Japanese cherry trees to ...