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Commentary: Japan has much to offer the ultrarich — it now needs to figure how to attract more of them given how much more money they spend than the average tourist.

Some Japanese are heading abroad to seek better pay and a change in lifestyle.

The ability to turn a user’s selfie into an anime character has shot the Meitu app to the top of Japan’s download rankings over the past week, spurring a big jump in the company’s shares.

Hong Kong and Singapore have long squared off to be the pre-eminent finance hub for Asia. That battleground is now shifting to green finance, with potentially trillions of dollars at stake.

Indonesia’s new criminal code outlawing sex outside marriage has spurred uncertainty among tourists and expatriates. Here's what you need to know.

Masayoshi Son has quietly tightened his grip on SoftBank Group during a tumultuous market downturn, edging closer to the point where he could bid to take it private.

Prices for Christmas cakes may make you say bah humbug. 🎂

Makers of batteries for electric vehicles should disclose their carbon footprints and reduce the use of rare metals, one Panasonic Energy executive said.

"We see a potential in humanoid robots, but we also believe other forms of robots are quite important as well."

In a cinematic conclusion to Pedro Castillo’s tenure as leader of Peru, the leftist was arrested after he attempted to dissolve Congress in a desperate bid to cling to power. | via @nytimes

Commentary: China's ending nearly three years of severe COVID-19 restrictions will bring an uptick in cases and deaths, creating political challenges for the government.

For more than 33,500 people in Japan living with HIV or AIDS, life goes on, but health care shortcomings persist.

The vast majority of China’s population may eventually contract COVID-19, a senior health-policy adviser has warned.

Shinji Miyadai, a sociologist who was assaulted on a university campus in Tokyo, has been discharged from hospital and said he is ready to resume work.

Commentary: The U.S. once championed a simple truth — The world is better off when liberal trade is allowed to do its job.

An Osaka court gave a man a suspended sentence for damaging a building belonging to a Korean international school in what was widely seen as a hate crime.

Plans to open casinos in Osaka and Nagasaki may face delays, as the land ministry has said it will be difficult to decide by the end of the year whether to approve the proposals.

White-supremacist ideas gained significant exposure through online video games this year, particularly among adults, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.

Dutch officials are planning new controls on exports of chipmaking equipment to China, according to people familiar with the matter.

Global council chairman at the nonprofit group International House of Japan, Yoichi Funabashi, said in a recent interview that Japan should clarify a stable source of financing for a planned defense spending increase.

Commentary: Lists of the world’s priciest urban centers assume you’re a tennis-playing, vermouth-drinking expat paid in dollars with a maid and a car.

Japan's Lower House has passed a bill that bans organizations from using fear to solicit donations. The legislation was introduced to provide relief to victims of the controversial Unification Church and their families.

Managers at nearly two-thirds of Japanese firms have lost confidence in the administration of Prime Minister Kishida, citing dissatisfaction over his effectiveness and inflation, a Reuters monthly survey found.

Japan posted a current account deficit of ¥64.1 billion ($470 million) in October, its first red ink in nine months, as the yen's recent weakness and rising oil prices inflated import costs

Stung by crippling hedging costs and tempted by higher yields at home, Japan’s life insurers are bailing out of foreign bonds at a record pace.

Japan's ruling parties have agreed that taxes should be raised gradually to make up for an expected shortfall in funding to achieve a substantial increase in defense spending.

Tokyo confirmed 14,104 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, up by about 1,800 from a week before.

Revised figures show Japan’s economy took a smaller hit than first thought during the summer, and a return to growth is expected this quarter, but the numbers didn't improve enough to eliminate concerns.

Japan is set to raise its lump-sum childbirth and child care allowance to some ¥500,000 from April as costs rise.

Former Theranos President and Chief Operating Officer Ramesh "Sunny” Balwani has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding investors and patients of Theranos.

Japan is considering describing Chinese military moves as posing a "challenge" to the international order, as well as to Japan and like-minded countries, in its National Security Strategy.

Russian troops retreated from the southern city of Kherson last month to the other side of the Dnieper, but their snipers and artillery are still trained along the broad river.

Police have arrested five people in connection with a mass brawl that erupted as a group of around 100 people were dining at a restaurant in a Tokyo skyscraper in October.

Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss was one of 25 members and supporters of a far-right group who were arrested early on Wednesday for planning a violent coup in Germany.

Vietnam is eyeing a major defense shift as it seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian arms and launch a push to export locally made weapons.

Takahisa Zeze’s period drama about the true-life story of a Japanese soldier’s fight for survival in a Soviet camp aims for the heart.

Beach scenes, wild turkeys and fantastic abstract forms in glass grace the M.T.A.’s new Long Island Rail Road terminal, with works by other artists. | via @nytimes

Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun a visit to Saudi Arabia that Beijing has said marks its biggest diplomatic initiative in the Arab world.

Much of the original cast from Fuji TV’s 2003 drama “Dr. Koto's Clinic” return for this feature film about the highs and lows of life as an island physician.

Masayoshi Son has quietly tightened his grip on SoftBank Group during a tumultuous market downturn, edging closer to the point where he could bid to take the world’s largest technology investor private.

Mobile industry bellwether Murata Manufacturing expects Apple to reduce iPhone 14 production plans further in the coming months because of weak demand

The mother of Hana Kimura, a former cast member of the popular reality show "Terrace House," said she has filed a lawsuit against the program's Japanese broadcaster and two other companies.

In the latest @JapanDeepDive #podcast, we discuss what’s behind a new bill regulating faith-driven donations.

Japan should hold negotiations with North Korea as part of its efforts to ease tensions in the region, one expert has said.

Two Air Self-Defense Force F15s landed Tuesday at a base that was used during the war by Imperial Japan as a launch pad for kamikaze attacks against U.S. forces.

Police have arrested five people in connection with a mass brawl that erupted as a group of around 100 people were dining at a restaurant in a Tokyo skyscraper in October, a source has said.

Moscow says it has deployed missile defense systems to the Kuril Islands — with a flight range of up to 500 km.

The government will look into child abuse cases at nurseries across the country, following the arrest of three nursery teachers in central Japan suspected of mistreating toddlers.

The number of bird flu cases is rising sharply in Japan, prompting the government to urge farmers and local governments to take thorough preventive steps.

Police have arrested the vice speaker of a town assembly in Tokushima Prefecture for allegedly leaking investigative information to a man believed to be the leader of a marijuana-trafficking group, sources have said.