Japan’s financial authorities are stepping up cybersecurity efforts after the fallout from an attack on a server-hosting company spilled over into unauthorized foreign-exchange trades.

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Moody's sees encouraging signs in Japan's return to sustained growth and stable inflation, but a key test will be whether that resilience can withstand future shocks, the rating agency's Japan sovereign analyst told Reuters on Tuesday.

A popular Japanese cartoonist has sued the government over a revised imperial succession law. The law allows royals to adopt male relatives from former branch families to father future heirs.

Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda passed away on October 22 at the age of 90. He served as Prime Minister for 365 days, from September 2007 to September 2008.When hearing the name Fukuda, many people likely recall his words at his resignation press conference: "I am different from you.

Officials on Friday withdrew an alert sent when they believed a 9.9-magnitude earthquake had taken place. In the end, the tremor was hardly felt.

After decades in which borrowing has been virtually free, Japan is raising interest rates, affecting savers and borrowers alike. We talk to a former rate-setter at the Bank of Japan, to a homeowner who is braced for the cost of her mortgage to rise,

As part of its ongoing safety review, the IAEA independently tested samples from the latest batch before its release into the sea. On-site analysis confirmed that tritium levels were far below Japan’s operational limit of 1,