Japan’s economy rebounded from recession in the final quarter of last year but growth was weaker than expected as household and corporate spending disappointed, underlining the challenge premier Shinzo Abe faces in shaking off decades of stagnation. The preliminary reading for gross domestic product (GDP), which translates into a quarter-on-quarter increase of 0.6 percent, follows […]

Japanese automakers are being forced to ship some car parts to U.S. plants by expensive air cargo and tweak production processes as a protracted labor dispute at U.S. West Coast ports shows no signs of letting up. Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd’s Subaru, the fastest-growing brand in the United States, said this week that it now […]

The story of the vulnerable, the children, and the poor drove the work of journalist Kenji Goto.

The Japanese, who inhabit one of the world's safest countries, have been brutally reminded of the dangers elsewhere.

A Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister was reported as saying Kenji Goto would be released ‘within hours’ in a prisoner swap with female terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi who is being held in Jordan.

(Vatican Radio) At a press conference on Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the latest threat by Islamic State militants to kill Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto by the end of the day. Listen: "This was an extremely …

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese diplomat emerged from talks in Jordan on Monday with no signs of progress in securing the release of a freelance journalist held hostage by the extremist Islamic State group.

“Last week, during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Israel, I told him that the struggle against extremist Islamic terrorism is a joint struggle and only if we are united will we be able to emerge victorious,” Netanyahu …

TOKYO (AP) — From the prime minister to ordinary people, Japanese were shocked Sunday at a video purportedly showing one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had been killed.

After Jihadi John threatened to kill hostages Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto this week, the Japanese public responded by creating darkly comic internet memes mocking ISIS.