The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate, currently at 0.5 percent, to at least around 1 percent in the latter ...

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...

The US dollar hit a two-month low against the Japanese yen into the upper-JPY 151 range on Thursday in Tokyo after the Bank o ...

London City Lionesses' Saki Kumagai and Manchester City's Yui Hasegawa were named Wednesday among the 23 members of the ...

THESE must be two of the most delicious reviews I have ever written: one is a documentary called The God of Ramen and the other is a full-length feature film The Bread of Happiness. The docu, for all ...

With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from ...

Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea announces its newest culinary addition, KOMO, where masterful Japanese cuisine comes alive in a setting that captures Maui’s legendary glow. The intimate 50-seat ...

It isn’t just humans who love taking a dip in hot springs! Located just under 2 hours away on the bullet train from Tokyo, Nagano’s iconic snow monkeys of the Jigokudani Monkey Park are known for ...

Twelve destinations to add to your travel wish list this year.

Forest bathing, developed by Dr. Qing Li, is a therapeutic practice that involves immersing oneself mindfully in nature, ...

A recent incident in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture has brought attention to the increasing number of bear encounters in ...

What happens when a good person is failed by the system? He tries to overcome it by doing more good. That may not happen much in real life, but that's the ...