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Japan’s average land price rose for the fourth consecutive year, with hubs for foreign tourists logging some of the sharpest increases.
Patina Osaka opened in April 2025 just across from the historic Osaka Castle and has a fantastic art collection, one of Japan ...
PARIS and NEW YORK and SINGAPORE, June 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AMTD Group Inc. ("AMTD" or the "Group"), alongside The Generation Essentials Group (NYSE: ...
Osaka Prefectural Police launched a murder investigation after the corpse of a Russian woman was found in her residence in ...
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Japan has had record visitor numbers this year, with April setting an record monthly high of 3.9 million travelers. Ryo Tatsuki, the artist behind the manga “The Future I Saw,” first published ...
Currently, international travelers are exempt from Japan’s 10% consumption tax, however starting Nov. 1, 2026, visitors will have to request a refund for Japan’s tax-free shopping program.
A sparsely populated string of islands in southwest Japan has experienced more earthquakes than it has people over the past two weeks, recording more than 800 tremors strong enough to be felt on ...
Japan is gripped by fear of a potential mega-earthquake and tsunami on July 5, a date predicted by Ryo Tatsuki, dubbed as "Japanese Baba Vanga." Tatsuki's predictions stem from dreams detailed in ...
China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan’s release of ...
Trump Said Trade Deals Would Come Easy. Japan Is Proving Him Wrong. Difficult talks with many nations cast doubt on next week’s deadline; ‘We can do whatever we want,’ Trump said.