The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology vessel Chikyū successfully retrieves mud containing rare earths from the seabed, 5,700 meters underwater, off the remote Japanese island of ...

Softbank’s shares rise sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the tech/communications giant overtakes Toyota to become Japan’s largest public company, with a market capitalization of more than ¥48 ...

TOKYO — A spat between Tokyo and Beijing following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s suggestion of Japanese military action if China invaded Taiwan isn’t going away. AFP details the timeline of the ...

The strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan at a magnitude of 9.0 struck the country on March 11. Below is a timeline of events following the earthquake and tsunami and the effect on nuclear power ...