Economist Paul Sheard such a hike is needed to fight inflation reflecting higher import prices amid the yen’s weakness.

Thirteen people are confirmed to have died in an earthquake that struck south-west Japan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has ...

Authorities said there were no reports of damage to major public facilities or infrastructure including three nearby nuclear power plants.

Many people are trapped inside a Japanese shopping centre after an earthquake, the fire service says One witness reported the ...

The Bank of Japan needs to raise its policy interest rate from the current 1.0 pct to 1.5 pct to fight inflation reflecting higher import prices amid the yen's weakness, economist Paul Sheard has said ...

A powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, seriously damaging a shopping mall where there are reportedly many people trapped ...

Japanese oyster farmer Shigeatsu Hatakeyama restored his bay by planting trees. Healthy forests upstream provided essential ...

Former talk show host Stephen Colbert is among the many public figures in “Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World” who discuss the poet’s importance to English language literature and their own ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden weakness beneath the Pacific Ocean that helps explain why Japan’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunami became so devastating. By drilling deeper into the ...

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Japan’s weather agency has issued its highest-level warning that a megaquake could follow Monday’s 7.5-magnitude tremor. Authorities urged anyone living near the Pacific coast to remain vigilant ...