Only one in five boys in high school in Japan have experienced their first kiss - the lowest figure since 1974, according to a survey conducted by the Japan Association for Sex Education (JASE ...

The yen has now given up all its gains since the Bank of Japan increased interest rates in late July, raising the risk that authorities may wade back into the market to protect the currency as the ...

Japan's ruling party has missed out on a parliamentary majority for the first time since 2009, a result that strikes a blow to new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The snap poll was called in early ...

In Japan, the long-standing ruling party LDP has failed to achieve an absolute majority in the parliamentary elections for the first time since 2009, according to forecasts. Whether the ...

(RTTNews) - Japan's consumer sentiment decreased in October to the lowest level in five months, survey data from the Cabinet Office showed on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence ...

(RTTNews) - Japan's leading index decreased slightly less than initially estimated in August to the lowest level in nearly four years, the latest data from the Cabinet Office showed on Friday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate in September fell to 2.4% from 2.5% in August, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate compared with economists' median ...

People wearing masks walk in front of JR Tokyo Station on Jan. 21, 2022.(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's unemployment rate in September fell to 2.4 percent from 2.5 percent the previous month ...

HONG KONG (AP) — European markets opened lower on Friday while Asian stocks mostly advanced. Japan's benchmark declined as investors awaited the outcome of an election on Sunday. Germany’s DAX ...

Canada's Brad Gushue fell 8-4 to Japan's Shinya Abe in the men's semifinals at the Pan Continental curling championship on Thursday night in Lacombe, Alta. Gushue, who won gold the last two years ...