Putting up carp banners was a response by townspeople to the samurai class custom of raising flags with ... prosperity that Japan has been pursuing since the Meiji Era (1868-1912), the period ...

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, indictments and assassination attempts, was sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S.

The weather-beaten flag bears the names of men who endured the infamous Bataan Death March and rode the "hell ships" to Japan, defying the odds by their survival. They lived long enough, at least, to ...

The weather-beaten flag bears the names of men who endured the infamous Bataan Death March and rode the "hell ships" to Japan, defying the odds by their survival. They lived long enough ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday reiterated that the government would take appropriate action against excessive movement on the foreign exchange market ...

Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday reiterated that the government would take appropriate action against excessive movement on the foreign exchange market, as the yen has seen high ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will debate whether to raise interest rates next week as prospects of sustained wage gains heighten and the US policy outlook becomes clearer in president-elect Donald Trump’s ...

Asian stocks have taken the cue from Wall Street, with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 1%. Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.8%, while Australian shares slid more than 2%.