Wandering the streets of Tokyo’s Roppongi district on a wet night, you know where film director Ridley Scott got the inspiration for his dystopian Los Angeles in Blade Runner. Multicolored neon; ...

After hitting an all-time high of 39,000 in 1989, Japan's Nikkei average has mostly fallen since. At present, it sits at 7,969, an ugly drop of 79% over the last 20 years. Japan's economic and market ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Japan, Northeast Asia, and U.S. policy toward the region. Abe spent some time situating his comments in the larger flow of ...

SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- Chinese regulators are turning to Japan for lessons on economic history, determined to keep the world's second biggest economy from taking the same path of recession and deflation ...

Working in Japanese offices reshaped how Fernando Lira understands professional dress, hierarchy, and credibility.

There is a great deal to remember this week, the one year anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. Few events in recent history have combined to such an intense ...

It came as a shock of delight while reading “Yojokun: Life Lessons from a Samurai” (Kodansha, $19.95), a work of classical Japanese philosophy, to realize that what I held in my hands was a self-help ...

As Apple marks its 50th anniversary this week, a new report from the Financial Times reveals that the company’s ...

An aerial view of Oshima-Mura, Japan, after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the area in March 2011. (TNS) — In the wake of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, ...

RECENTLY, auditors for General Motors raised substantial doubt about whether the automaker will survive. But while Japanese automaker Toyota is also taking a hit as global auto sales slump, analysts ...

Interest in Japan among global investors and policymakers is abysmal. Indeed, in many discussions, Japan is regarded as a museum piece or even a "failed economic state." High national debt, low ...