The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

While easily accessible via train, Akita is off the typical sightseeing route for many foreign visitors, making it a perfect place to explore away from the crowds. As with other sakura spots in ...

Meet Britain's top dog - a Japanese Akita Inu who can detect her owner's seizures 10 minutes before they happen. Ten-year-old assistance dog Kin has beaten her canine competitors to be crowned ...

Nearly 1 million Australians visited Japan last year, out of 36.8 million international travellers. Australia-Japan Research Centre professor Dr Shiro Armstrong, who is currently holidaying in ...

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force take a rest ... 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the equivalent of $55.1 billion.

That $1.5 million bonus is a record for an amateur Japanese player not coming from NPB, according to Yakyu Cosmopolitan. Baseball America ranked Morii the 25th-best prospect in this year's ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. said Wednesday it has launched an investigation into allegations of its involvement in a sexual misconduct scandal involving Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, best known as ...

TOKYO -- Japan's economy contracted an annualized 0.1% in November from the previous month, as consumers reined in spending to offset food price inflation, according to an estimate released by the ...

In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth's dusty sidekick. The two landers rocketed ...

TOKYO -- Japan is preparing 160 billion yen ($1 billion) in government support for its chip design industry, moving further upstream from its early focus on production in a bid to play catch-up ...

Kobayashi will share driving duties with Bronze co-driver (Atsushi) Akita, who steps up to GT3 competition after winning the Ferrari Challenge Japan Trofeo Pirelli Am title and running select Super ...