KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--A European-style rapier owned by a feudal-era warlord was actually forged in Japan, but who commissioned the production and what was used as the model remain unclear ...

Private investment bank Berenberg has closed the first of a series of deals as an intermediary between Japanese finance houses and European shipping companies. It is the result of two years of ...

Following Fumio Kishida's unexpected resignation, Japan's ruling party chose former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader and also as the next new prime minister on Friday, September 27.

The ministry also looked at what major competitors like the United States, the European Union and China were doing, and then analyzed Japan’s previous industrial and economic policies.

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Barberry (Berberis vulgaris); 9-12) Alpine barrenwort (Epimedium alpinum); 13-16) Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans, or Myristica moschata); 17-18) Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum); 19-25) European ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister after winning his party’s leadership contest on Friday, following a crowded race that ended in a runoff vote.

Kyoto, Japan in the spring. Experts say the best time to visit Japan is during the cherry blossom season from late March to mid-May. In Japan, fall foliage stretches late into the year ...