Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to defend the yen without selling Treasurys into a sensitive U.S. bond market. The Federal Reserve could help.

Prime minister Sanae Takaichi visited Kumamoto prefecture almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit, killing 38 people

Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan, which sits on the boundary of four tectonic plates.

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner,

Japan's government is portraying its accelerating military buildup not only as a way to protect the country but as a route to greater prosperity, arguing in its

U.S. and Japanese officials confirmed that the Treasury Department had moved last week to prop up the currency, which had been trading near four-decade lows.

Nissan Motor Corp. reported Monday that it returned to profit in the first quarter of the year, helped by cost cutting measures and improved sales in some markets.

Princess Aiko traveled to central Japan to take part in preparations for the Shikinen Sengu, the ritual rebuilding of one of Japan’s holiest sites.