Matcha, a finely ground Japanese green tea, is experiencing a boom. It's popping up in lattes, ice cream, and more, leading to a worldwide shortage.

Japan's 30-year bond yield rose to a new record high on Friday, recently yielding 3.22%. Analysts at Societe Generale say Japan's entering a second reflationary phase, that will lead to stocks outperforming bonds.

The U.S. Air Force said an airman assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base has been found dead in Shimoda, Japan. He was found on Wednesday, August 20. The cause of death is under investigation, the Air Force said.

Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 rocket as a launch vehicle, a Japanese space agency official said on Friday.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian Ocean to Africa as the country seeks to play a greater role in the African continent while America’s presence there decreases and China’s influence rapidly grows.

Japan wants both to revive its domestic champions and to attract foreign ones, such as TSMC, the Taiwanese semiconductor giant, which now makes chips in southern Japan. At the launch of its fab there last year,

Japan's Ministry of Finance is preparing to raise its assumed interest rate for long-term government bonds at 2.6% for fiscal 2026/27 budget requests, marking the highest level in 17 years, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Friday.

Japanese police have said that an elderly man who they had believed was killed by a bear had in fact been stabbed to death by his son. Fujiyuki Shindo, 51, was arrested in the northern Akita prefecture on Tuesday for allegedly murdering his 93-year-old father Fujiyoshi, local media reports.

An upcoming jaunt due to begin on Aug 30 around Niigata and Nagano has been cancelled. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A viral manga-fuelled rumour predicts a July 2025 Japan earthquake, but experts confirm it has no scientific basis, though travel from Hong Kong and South Korea is affected.