Japanese authorities likely refrained from intervening in the currency market on Thursday, the first business day of this week, after multiple apparent actions during the long holiday weekend, according to a Bloomberg analysis of central bank accounts.

Unveiled in February, “Stealth House” is Japan’s first 3D-printed two-story home. Building-tech startup Kizuki collaborated with more than 20 companies, including ONOCOM to create the home, which meets strict building codes for seismic design in a country where earthquakes are common.

Japan's largest anti-war protests in decades highlight a population divided over changes to its pacifist constitution.

The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.

In recent years, speculation among analysts, experts, and scholars that America’s two key allies in the Indo-Pacific could finally pursue nuclear weapons has intensified. The eminent diplomat Henry Kissinger predicted in 2023 that Japan would go nuclear within the decade.

Authorities urged residents to stay away from coastal areas where tsunami waves of up to 10 feet were possible.

Ashok Bhundia, deputy chief economist of the International Institute of Finance, says the last thing U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants is for Japan to sell some of its U.S. treasury holdings to fund their defense of the Yen,

Japan and the Philippines are finalizing the details of the transfer of Japanese Abukuma-class destroyer escorts, as both countries seek to boost naval cooperation amid maritime territorial disputes with Beijing,

Japan has confirmed its first fatal bear attack of 2026 after recording an unprecedented 13 casualties last year.

Neither China nor Japan wants war. The danger is that each side increasingly believes the other is preparing for one.