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Introduction: Japan’s Nikkei hits record high and yen strengthens after Takaichi’s election winGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and…

Japan’s cabinet has approved a record high defence budget as tensions with China continue to spiral, with Beijing this week accusing Tokyo of “fuelling a space…

Japan’s anime industry reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to JPY3.84 trillion ($25.25 billion) in total market value, according to data presented by the Association…

Japanese parliamentarians have elected the country’s first female prime minister.

Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will choose the country’s fifth leader in five years on Saturday following the resignation of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.After governing…

Lee’s visit comes two days before his crucial first summit in Washington, DC with US President Donald Trump.Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has hosted South Korean…

SoftBank has agreed to invest $2bn (£1.5bn) in Intel, amid reports that Donald Trump’s administration is also considering a stake in the struggling US chip maker.The…

Asian stock markets see big gains amid growing expectations of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.Japan’s benchmark stock market index has topped its…

Japan needs to admit that long-running efforts to address gender inequality in higher education aren’t working, experts say, with antidiversity sentiment spreading from the U.S. and…

Japan Wires the Ocean with an Earthquake-Sensing ‘Nervous System’Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast detectors to gauge…