Toyota shows AI car at Consumer Electronics Show
Artificial Intelligence takes center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including an AI car by Toyota.
read moreFirst fugu auction nets high prices
Prices are up for poisonous pufferfish, or fugu, in Japan's first auction of the year.
read moreAbe calls for 'building new country' in year's first speech
Japan's prime minister called for building a new country in his first press conference of the year.
read moreLooking back on Japan's market
2016 was a year full of surprises for the Japanese market. Will 2017 will be the same?日本国外の要因によって指標が大きく動いた2016年のマーケットを振り...
read moreDentsu admits underreporting overtime
Ad giant Dentsu admits underreporting work hours after a young employee killed herself logging extreme overtime last Dec...
read moreDiet approves $830 billion budget
Japan's government approves record $830 billion budget for the fiscal year starting April 2017.
read moreEconomy recovering moderately, govt says
In its monthly economic report, Japan's government upgrades its assessment of the economy for the first time since March...
read moreJapan scraps fast-breeder reactor
Japan's government scraps its troubled Monju fast-breeder prototype nuclear reactor, but plans to build a similar reacto...
read moreTokyo aims for tourism crown
Tokyo aims to become the world's number one destination city.
read moreJapan, Russia seek trust through economic activities
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to negotiate a special system for joint ec...
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