Japan

News Hour Competition is cutthroat among Japan’s thousands of pop idol wannabes, but a unique concept is winning fame for a band of “chubby” girls deploying their cheeky cuteness to combat prejudices against obesity. Despite one...

News Hour: Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, the hottest player in world golf over the past two months, survived a shaky back nine to clinch his fourth win in five starts with a two-stroke victory at the Hero...

News Hour: Japan’s consumer prices fell in October, government data showed on Friday, extending the longest string of declines in five years and underscoring its struggles to conquer deflation. The weak inflation data — core prices...

News Hour: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook northeast Japan on early Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, two days after a powerful tremor triggered a tsunami near the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. There were no risks...

News Hour: A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami along the coast including a one-metre (three-foot) wave that crashed ashore at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. National broadcaster NHK urged...

News Hour: Japan’s prime minister voiced confidence on Thursday about Donald Trump as he became the first foreign leader to meet the US president-elect, who was narrowing in on cabinet choices. Trump, who has been receiving...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday as exporters rose on a weaker yen and as energy stocks followed oil prices upward,with investors cheered by encouraging US economic data. “We’re in for another bull market...

News Hour: A Japanese city on Tuesday reopened a busy street that collapsed into a giant sinkhole, with the efforts of workers who toiled around the clock for a week drawing praise on social media. The...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $49.65 million loan to upgrade 105 kilometers of road connecting the capital, Dili, and the second-largest town, Baucau, located on the north coast with cofinancing from...

News Hour: Omera Gas One Limited, a joint venture company between Omera Petroleum Ltd. Bangladesh and Saisan Co., Ltd. Japan, was Officially Inaugurated by Mr. Nazim Uddin Chowdhury, Honorable Secretary, Energy and Mineral Resources Division, as...