Japanese bond yields rose and stocks hit record highs on prospects for a snap election in the country next month. Japan's ...

Japan’s 30-year treasury yields touched their highest level on record, at 3.52% on Tuesday night, a 48-basis-point increase ...

The Nikkei 225 came back from Monday's holiday to jump 3.1% and register a new record high as investors bet that a mooted ...

The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount -- more than 900,000 people -- in 2024, official data showed, as the country battles to reverse its perennially low birth rates. While many ...

Japan will likely see a record number of attempts by foreign companies to buy domestic firms this year, spurred by changes in government policy and a weak yen. Foreign firms made 157 proposals to buy ...

Japan hit a new all-time high temperature on Tuesday, according to CNN reports, about a week after setting that record in a different part of the country. On Tuesday, temperatures in the city of ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. In the same time period, Memuro ...