By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) - China's coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea ...

Sanae Takaichi has called a snap lower house election on February 8, one of the most unpredictable contests in years.

China may rethink its escalating pressure campaign on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi if she delivers a resounding ...

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has seen a surge in interest from Japanese automakers hoping ...

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is carefully considering the implications for fiscal ...

SEOUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The defence ministers of South Korea and Japan agreed on Friday to upgrade defence cooperation and ...

By Rocky Swift TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japan refrained from intervening in currency markets through last week, official data showed on Friday, confirming that the government's efforts to defend the ...

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party is likely to increase seats and ...

By Mariko Katsumura TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Northern and western parts of Japan face more heavy snowstorms later this week, ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed to a 15-month low in January due to the effects of gasoline subsidies and easing ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Japan may hold off on official intervention for now, with coordinated tactics involving the U.S. already helping to halt a one-sided slide in the yen, Atsushi ...

By Leika Kihara and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Any Japanese intervention to prop up the yen will have limited ...