Mitsuru Obe, based in Tokyo, covered general news for The Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones.

Japan is undergoing a structural market transformation driven by governance reform, rising wages, and global supply chain ...

While Mercedes was busy celebrating a dominant front-row lockout at the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, the mood over in the Ferrari garage was downright ...

Tractor FC of Iran will travel to Saudi Arabia for a playoff that decides who reaches the Asian Champions League Elite ...

Japan’s Suzuka Circuit is as iconic as they come. Soichiro Honda — yes, that Honda — was behind the creation of Japan’s first full-scale road racing track, and circuit designer John Hugenholtz drew up ...

The seizure of the trawler, which Japan said was sailing in its waters in the East China Sea, is likely to add to tensions between Tokyo and Beijing. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from Tokyo The ...

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The United States has for the first time criticized China for aiming radars at Japanese military aircraft during a training exercise last week, about which the Asian neighbors have given differing ...

On November 7, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responded to questions in the Japanese parliament by saying that “warships with the use of military force” against Taiwan could lead to a ...

Japan's tourism-related stocks fell amid a worsening diplomatic standoff between the two nations Beijing issued a travel and study alert for Chinese citizens considering going to Japan. Japan on ...

China has warned its citizens against traveling to Japan as it escalates a backlash over comments by the country’s prime minister about the island of Taiwan. The dictum is Beijing’s most substantive ...