TOKYO -- Japan is moving to conduct legal revisions to strengthen shareholder identity disclosure, aiming to make it easier for companies to identify shareholders who are not on the register but hold de facto voting rights.

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent will cooperate on issues including forex, Kato said on Wednesday, following a video conference call between the two officials.

Japan saw a record number of suicides among school pupils in 2024, health ministry data showed Wednesday. The latest data among those in elementary through high school edged up to 527 from 513 cases in 2023,

Ye has another collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin on the way. On Wednesday afternoon, January 29, videos from the Chicago native's listening event in Japan surfaced on social media. Most of them show Ye at the helm of the DJ booth of 1OAK in Tokyo.

Japanese technology group NEC Corp has been talking to its advisers about the possibility of making an offer for CSG Systems, which provides customer care and billing solutions for cable and phone companies,

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s natural beauty await intrepid travelers.

Canadian investment firm Brookfield Asset Management said on Monday it has closed two real-estate investments in Japan worth a combined $1.6 billion.

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 28, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A dump truck fell onto the hole that is 10 meters wide and six meters deep with fire authorities rescuing at least one person following the incident.

Tourism, climate goals and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and pork ramen.

Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday met Japan's Parliamentary Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Hisashi Matsumoto in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on the importance of Japan-India cooperation and strengthening ties at the state level.

Japan's SBI Shinsei Bank said Tuesday it will pay back 100 billion yen it received in a government bailout by the end of March, with an eye to relisting separately from its parent company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.