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 ...

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.

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning ...

President Trump announced in a Truth Social post Thursday that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit the White House on March 19. The president also endorsed Takaichi ahead of Japan’s ...

A massive selling spree unexpectedly rocked Japan’s $7.6 trillion bond market on Tuesday after weeks of mounting doubts over the debt-ridden nation’s long-term stability, as inflation threatened to ...

Tensions are growing in east Asia. The threat of a Chinese attack on Taiwan persists and, in recent weeks, North Korea has been testing its long-range missile capabilities. Russia’s reorientation of ...