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Bangladesh is hoping to send at least one lakh people to Japan over the next five years to work in various skilled and semi-skilled jobs. During a meeting with a Japanese parliamentary delegation at ...

A unique café in Japan is charging 4,000 yen (US$25) for customers to experience being a maid by serving members of staff posing as clients. The quirky new trend launched by a creative team dedicated ...

Japanese prime minister, who took part in the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing on Friday, stated that Japan is ready to provide Ukraine with all types of assistance except lethal weapons.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Back in the noughties, on a trip to Tokyo, I was taken to what was then my dream restaurant, for it served one ...

A 69-year-old Japanese tourist has died after falling off the perimeter wall of the Pantheon in Rome, local media reports. Morimasa Hibino is said to have fallen from a height of about seven metres ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said in her first speech that defence is a priority for her country as the region experiences uncertainty with Russia, China and North Korea. Japan's first ...

Japanese volleyball star Ran Takahashi admitted that he was in a hotel with adult film actress Saika Kawatika, but affirmed that they are just friends. Japanese newspaper Bunshun Online published a ...

Sanae Takaichi has made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister. However, this was hardly a win for feminist or progressive politics. Takaichi is a right-wing ultraconservative whose ...

(UPDATE) TOKYO — Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to achieve the target of spending 2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) on defense two years early, media reports said ...

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4, 2025.

MANILA, Philippines — Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will add more flights to key cities in Australia, Japan and the United States to meet greater demand travelers for the holiday season.