Japan's Prime Minister looked set to survive a no-confidence motion on Thursday after reaching an 11th hour deal with a major opposition party over his much-cherished sales tax bill.

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The Bank of Japan on Thursday kept interest rates unchanged and held off further easing measures, repeating its view that the world's third-largest economy was 'picking up moderately'.

The BoJ kept r

A growing number of Japanese workers who are risking their health to shut down the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are suffering from depression, anxiety about the future and a loss of

Sony said on Thursday its fiscal first-quarter net loss widened to 24.6 billion yen ($313.5 million) while it cut its profit forecast for the year as the struggling Japanese firm overhauls its busines

Three men from Fukushima Prefecture arrived on Thursday at their final goal in Tokyo after a year long transcontinental marathon from Paris to thank people around the world for helping Japan recover f

Thousands of demonstrators holding candles and small lights formed a human chain around Japan's Parliament on Sunday in the latest protest against nuclear power after the Fukushima crisis last year.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday remained evasive on the question of him being projected by some in the BJP as the party’s prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general election, sayi

Japanese women are no longer the world's longest living, their longevity pushed down in part by last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami, according to a government report Thursday. The top of th

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday remained evasive on the question of him being projected by some in the BJP as the party’s prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general election, sayi

A US military fighter jet crashed into the sea off northern Japan on Sunday, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.

The F-16 jet crashed off Nemuro, some 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) north of Toky