In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

If bond yields rise to the average level of 2.7 per cent hit back then, annual interest payments will reach 30 trillion yen, Kuroda said, calling on the need to get Japan's fiscal house in order.

Despite the expected rate hikes, Japan's economy will achieve growth exceeding 1% this year and beyond as rising real wages underpin consumption, Kuroda said in a research paper submitted to the ...

But Aiko won’t get a new tiara and will borrow one from Sayako Kuroda, the emperor’s younger sister, to wear at her ceremonies. According to the imperial family’s close aides, Aiko and her ...