A possible magnitude-nine earthquake along the Nankai Trough, a submarine trough near the South of Japan, may lead to up to 298,000 deaths and a loss of up to 270 trillion yen (S$2.43 trillion ...

Nikkan Gendai travled to a shop called Bonyu Bay in Tokyo’s red-light district of Kabukicho (above) We’re not talking about sterilized bottles full of formula topped with rubber nipples, but an ...

Japan’s trade balance was in the red, with a deficit of ¥1.1 trillion ($7.7 billion). The 20-day data don’t provide details such as a breakdown of exports to specific countries or regions. The figures ...

These ten-week online evening courses are open to everyone and will help you to communicate effectively in Japanese. You'll learn Japanese as it's spoken in everyday situations and develop your ...

In this article, we are going to share swear words in Japanese, called in the language of warui kotoba [悪い言葉]. You will learn name-calling, slang, insults and other bad things in the Japanese language ...

On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, a popular local Japanese streamer Ai Mogami was killed in Takadanobaba, a district in Shinjuku (Image via X/@notfound0637) On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, popular Japanese ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus departed for Tokyo in the early hours of today on a four-day official visit to participate in the 30th Nikkei Forum Future of Asia and hold bilateral talks ...

Japan lost its position as the world’s largest creditor nation for the first time in 34 years, giving up the title to Germany despite posting a record amount of overseas assets. Japan’s net ...

Japan lost its status as the world's top creditor for the first time in 34 years, overtaken by Germany, even as its net external assets rose to a record high, partly due to a weaker yen, the Finance ...

Robert Ward is the Japan chair at the London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he also directs the geo-economics and strategy program. He is the ...

The police received a call from a resident in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday reporting an explosion and that their home’s windows were broken. It is believed the explosion ...

Mega earthquake fears have hit Japan after a manga comic predicted a 'real catastrophe' there this summer. In 'The Future I Saw', a comic published in 1999 by Ryo Tatsuki, a huge quake prompts ...