The growth was sharply higher compared with Reuters-polled analysts' average estimate of 1.7%, and against the 1.3% in the previous quarter.

Japan has reported its economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the January-March quarter. Government data released ...

By Solomon Cefai SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - China has cut Japan off from several heavy rare earths and other materials for ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.4% in April from a year earlier, data showed on ...

TOKYO, May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Saturday there were no formal bilateral talks with ...

The yen has been under sustained pressure over the past year, prompting Japan to enter the foreign exchange market to defend ...

Japan’s extra budget will likely be in the region of $19 billion, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama suggested while playing ...

After taking office last October, Ms Takaichi told parliament that Japan might have a role to play in a conflict over Taiwan, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visited South Korea on May 19-20, meeting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in ...

After the drug’s local license holder called for a brief pause in new patient starts last week, doctors in Japan can once ...

The Japanese drugmaker that sells rare-disease medicine Tavneos said new patients will be able to get the drug, which carries ...