Japan

Yen and US dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Asia

Japan ruling party chief calls for stronger yen

A man walks past a stock quotation board displaying Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 4, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
World+Biz

Japanese stocks in bear market as banks slump on tariff jitters

Over the past 1,400 years, megaquakes in the Nankai Trough have occurred every 100 to 200 years. Photo: BSS/AFP
World+Biz

Japan 'megaquake' could kill 298,000 people: govt

(L to R) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul pose for the cameras during the 11th Trilateral Foreign Minister’s Meeting (Japan-China-ROK) in Tokyo on March 22, 2025, Japan. Photo: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Trump tariffs loom

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Bangladesh

Japan, Bangladesh seal $575m loan deal

Printed Chinese and Japanese flags are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo/File Photo
Politics

Japan protests Chinese government statement it says misquoted PM Ishiba

(L to R) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul pose for the cameras during the 11th Trilateral Foreign Minister’s Meeting (Japan-China-ROK) in Tokyo on March 22, 2025, Japan. Photo: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS
Asia

Japan, China, South Korea meet at geopolitical 'turning point in history'

Top of Mt Fuji is covered by snow in this photo taken by Kyodo, Japan, 6 November 2024. Photo: Reuters
Asia

Mount Fuji hikers to be charged $27 on all trails

Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba looks on as he speaks during a press conference a day after Japan's lower house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File PHoto
Asia

Japan PM Ishiba's cabinet approval hits record low: Asahi

2 Bangladeshi NGOs to receive Tk16.3m grant from Japan
Bangladesh

2 Bangladeshi NGOs to receive Tk16.3m grant from Japan

Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2025. Photo: Reuters
Foreign Policy

Yunus likely to visit China, Thailand and Japan soon to deepen ties

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Bangladesh

Japan, Unicef sign $3.3m deal to strengthen assistance for Rohingya children

A Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 16 November 2018. File Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Economy

Japan, UNHCR sign $1.6mn deal to boost Rohingya support in Bangladesh