Police said they arrested Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel.

Devin J. Ballard, 20, a lance corporal with the Third Marine Expeditionary Force, has been arrested.

During my time living in Japan, I learned a useful phrase/concept: "shōganai." It's helped me stress less and be more laid-back when things go wrong.

In Japan, one of the world’s most rapidly graying societies, officials often face pressure to stem the tide of demographic decline, which can bring budget cuts and public shame. Now, one city is being accused of inflating its numbers to avoid the appearance of a shrinking population.

Japan's Rapidus, with $15 billion in state backing, is tying up with chip design firms as it seeks to answer a major question hanging over the ​country's tech ambitions: can it attract enough customers to its state-of-the-art chip factory?

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's antitrust watchdog on Wednesday searched the offices of the country's four major brewers on suspicion of violating the antimonopoly law by forming a cartel to raise the prices of beer and beer-like drinks, a source familiar with the matter said.

Shares of major Japanese beer makers fell nearly 4 per cent on Wednesday after Japan's Fair Trade Commission said it raided the country's four major beer makers on suspicion of collusion in sales of beer and other products to wholesalers.