Bangkok has been named the 3rd best city to visit globally in 2026 by the New York Times, topping the list in Asia and ASEAN.

This supplied photo shows the Kagawa Prefectural Arena that received the Prix Versailles award in the sports or arena category. (Kyodo) TAKAMATSU (Kyodo) -- A sports facility on Japan's western island ...

Communist China and Japan have been engaging in a serious diplomatic dispute over Taiwan for almost a month. While Japan strives to de-escalate tensions, China’s aggressive stance—particularly toward ...

Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of the postwar Shōwa era Japan. They focus on a unique aspect of Japanese life, and one that in Tokyo in particular is ...

Barely a month in office, Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi finds herself in a bitter standoff with China. The cause is Taiwan, a self-governing island that China calls a renegade province, to be ...

For the past four decades, Thailand-Japan ties have been smooth as silk, reflecting the Japanese concept of ishin denshin, an idiom that describes communication without words. That idiom reflects a ...

Tokyo | This time last month, the toughest job ahead for Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s newly minted prime minister, was repairing damage to the US relationship by wooing Donald Trump. This she did with ...

For the first time in its history, Japan's parliament has selected a woman, Takaichi Sanae of the Liberal Democratic Party, to be prime minister. In this sense, Ms Takaichi has already followed in the ...

Japan has entered a new political era. For the first time in its modern history, the country has chosen a woman to lead it. Sanae Takaichi, a 64-year-old conservative, has won 237 out of 465 votes in ...