Daniel Leussink

Enormous python skins hang from a wire inside the sweltering workshop where Seibun Nakamine sculpts a piece o…

Japan's cabinet Tuesday approved a mammoth 28-trillion yen ($273 billion) package in its latest attempt to st…

Sarah Takeda thought she had a good little business renting a traditional tatami-mat room in her house on Air…

A year ago, Siobhan Stollznow would have scoffed at the idea of using cartoon characters instead of words to …

The boss of Japan's $1.37 trillion public pension fund, the world's biggest, says he will stay the course on …

The boss of SoftBank Group on Wednesday admitted his desire to hang on to power a little longer had pushed aw…

Tens of thousands rallied Sunday on the Japanese island of Okinawa to protest against the heavy US military p…

Crimes by US troops based on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have long angered residents, who for dec…

Under a scorching sun, about 30 demonstrators occupied part of a road outside Camp Schwab in northern Okinawa…

SoftBank said Wednesday it will sell at least $7.9 billion worth of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Ali…

Japan's core consumer prices fell for a second straight month in April, dealing another blow to Tokyo's falte…

Mitsubishi Motors shares nosedived again Thursday as panic selling wiped about $2.5 billion off the automaker…

Japanese beer giant Asahi Group said Tuesday it would buy the Peroni and Gro lsch brands from the world's top…

Hundreds of thousands of Japanese started their first day on the job Friday in an annual ritual born from the…

Tokyo stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, fuelled by weakness in the yen, but broader Asian markets were subdued …

Markets across Asia rose Monday as investors focus on key central bank meetings, and after the new head of Ch…

Many people his age would be happy to slip on a cardigan and put their feet up, but not Teruo Sugiura. The 86…

A global stock market rally continued Wednesday on bright US data, China's stimulus, steadier oil prices and …

Asian markets were up Tuesday as oil prices rose and fresh stimulus from the Chinese central bank lifted hope…

Customers like Shigeaki Yamaguchi may be the last hope for McDonald's Japan as it battles slumping sales in t…

Tokyo stocks soared Monday as a weaker yen and bargain-hunting drove a rebound from last week's hammering on …

Highschooler Nao Noguchi is a perfect illustration of why Japanese camera sales have plunged the past few yea…

British pop diva Adele and suave spy James Bond may be unlikely stars in Sony's turnaround, but the firm is b…

Kiyoshi Kimura's ear-to-ear grin is tough to miss in Japan - it is splashed across ubiquitous billboards adve…