Japan could fall out of the league of developed nations by 2050 as a shrinking and greying population as well as slowing productivity make its economy contract, a think tank has warned.

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North Korea will not let inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency examine its nuclear programme, Japanese media said on Tuesday, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.

Pyongyang said it wou

Japan said on Tuesday it would give the International Monetary Fund $60.0 billion as part of the organisation's bid to boost a global firewall against Europe's debt crisis.

The decision comes several

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

US officials confirmed North Korea had fired a long-range rocket Thursday in defiance of international warnings and were checking reports that the launch had ended in failure.

"I can confirm they've

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

Japan posted a current account surplus in February thanks to a stronger US economy, official data said, reversing a record deficit in January although the figure was still down 30.7 per cent on-year.