For the young women whiling away their evenings with a cappuccino in hand and a cat on their lap, Tokyo's ‘neko cafes’ are the ideal place to unwind and soothe their stresses.

"After a long day at wo

Operations at Japan's all nuclear power plants could be suspended ‘momentarily’ starting on May 6, Japanese Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano has said.

"The number of nuclear reactors operating

Police in urban Japan were on Monday probing the death of a man whose body was found next to a 6.5-metre (21 foot) python.

Shoji Fujita, 66, was found dead outside his home in Ushiku city, 50 kilomet

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has released dramatic images taken by an underwater camera showing major damage at a spent fuel storage pool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Photos show a 35-tonne cr

Japan's MS&AD is close to buying a 26 per cent stake in a joint venture between New York Life and Max India for about $540 million, a source said on Thursday, signaling continued appetite of Japanese

Kazuo Hirai's brief honeymoon as Sony Corp's new chief has ended abruptly as the struggling electronics giant doubled its annual loss forecast, sending its shares tumbling.

On Thursday he will try to

A top North Korean defector on Thursday said he had obtained the last will and testament of Kim Jong-Il, in which the late leader purportedly urges his nation to develop weapons of mass destruction.

The yen firmed against the dollar in Asian trade on Wednesday, as rekindled worries about the eurozone debt crisis sent risk-averse investors flocking to the safe-haven currency.

The dollar slipped t

Shares of Sony Corp, the inventor of personal music players, slid more than 7 per cent on Wednesday after the company more than doubled its annual loss forecast, highlighting the plight of a Japanese

Asian shares fell for a third straight day on Wednesday as investors continued to cut back their risk exposure given uncertainty over global growth prospects and resurfacing worries about debt restruc