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The Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide fears he may be banished from France.
Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion dollar offer to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its affiliation with American Airlines.
Japan's government highlighted the danger of deflation for the first time in three years Friday, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of the labor market could drag on the weak recovery.
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. climbed into the black last quarter and forecast a smaller yearly loss as surging sales in China helped offset sluggish demand in the West.
Japan's unemployment rate fell for the second straight month as companies gained more confidence in the stimulus-fueled global recovery but prices continued to tumble, underscoring weak demand at home.
Twitter Inc. now speaks Japanese — and it plans to be multilingual within months.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki — site of atomic bombings in World War II — are teaming up to make a bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics that will emphasize world peace.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the victims of the only atomic bombings in history, are teaming up to try to bring the Olympics to Japan in 2020, the cities' mayors said Sunday.
Japan's core machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of corporate capital expenditure, rose slightly in August from a record low, showing companies remain reluctant to spend despite some improvement in global demand.
Japan's jobless rate fell and household spending climbed in August — a double dose of good news for the world's No. 2 economy though it may not last.
Investors unloaded shares of Nomura Holdings Inc. Friday after Japan's leading brokerage announced its biggest ever equity sale.
Japan's new government launched an investigation Friday into whether previous administrations entered secret security pacts with Washington, including one said to endorse U.S. nuclear-armed ships despite a policy of barring such weapons.
The Tokyo Game Show, billed as the world's largest computer entertainment fest, kicked off Thursday with hopes that depressed sales of game consoles will enjoy a holiday resurrection.
Faced with the daunting task of reinvigorating the world's second-biggest economy, Japan's freshly installed prime minister turned to one of his party's most experienced hands as finance chief.
Shopkeeper Yoshio Matsumura has always supported the opposition, even when it seemed like a lost cause.
Sunday's election results in Japan may seem like a clear mandate for change. Looks can be misleading.
In one of the most heated political contests in recent memory, Japan's opposition party is courting voters with an enticing promise: monthly cash for kids.
Japan's factory output rose for the fifth straight month in July and is expected to keep climbing — one of the few encouraging signs for a newly elected government charged with bolstering the world's second largest economy.
AOMORI, Japan — Perched on the upper tip of Japan's main island, Aomori prefecture is tired of being left behind.
Honda Motor Co. plans to introduce electric vehicles in the U.S. early next decade, joining a growing number of automakers vying for the lead in clean technology development, local media reported Saturday.
Japan's economy climbed out of yearlong recession in the second quarter, the government said Monday, expanding 3.7 percent at an annual pace and joining Germany, France and other regions that appear to be emerging from the global financial crisis.
Japan's unemployment rate hit a six-year high in June as mounting job losses and sharply falling prices threaten to stall a recovery in the world's second-biggest economy.
Boredom, not the recession, may be Nintendo's biggest villain.
Megascreen theater company IMAX Corp. is hoping Harry Potter's magic touch will help catapult the company itself into a global smash hit.
Japanese companies remained deeply pessimistic even as a central bank survey showed their confidence improving from record lows, suggesting the world's second-largest economy is crawling rather than sprinting out of recession.
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