Kyoto-based Mitsufuji, originally a maker of kimono belts, is transitioning to create high-tech fibers for military uses like shielding fighter jets. This reflects Japan's strategy to bolster its ...

KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan, dyers specializing in ... Still, it is not uncommon to see women who earn high salaries attending parties wearing a ...

“We confirmed that Russian military bombers and fighter jets flew over the high seas of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan yesterday, and we scrambled Air Self-Defence Force fighter jets ...

A native Briton spends nearly 365 days of the year wearing kimono, even though daily use of the traditional Japanese clothing is on the decline among modern Japanese fashionistas. Sheila Cliffe ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from overseas to address its chronic labour shortage. Japan had a record 2.3 ...

TOKYO -- Last year was the busiest year for Japan-related mergers and acquisitions in data going back to 1985, thanks partly to private equity funds snapping up businesses being shed by companies ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.0% in ... and the impact of stubbornly high food prices as the weak yen kept import costs elevated. An index stripping away the effect of ...

TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Core inflation in Japan's capital hit 2.5% ... third straight month with the year-on-year rise matching a high hit in February last year. This chart depicts the core ...

A record 527 children attending elementary, junior high and senior high schools in Japan died by suicide last year, up 14 from 2023 and topping the previous high of 514 in 2022, preliminary government ...

apan will give Indonesia two high-speed patrol boats ... ties with Southeast Asia as "one of the biggest priorities" for Japan. The trip, he said, made him aware of the "explosive growth of ...

TOKYO -- Japan's teamLab art collective threw open the doors on the latest area of its flagship, high-tech exhibition in southeast Tokyo on Wednesday, offering visitors the chance to immerse ...