The problems in Japan may expand elsewhere.

The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ...

Shorting Japan’s government bond market has long been a “widow maker” trade. Many tried it over the last 15 years; few, if ...

Japan is a climate laggard among its North American and European peers, recording the lowest clean electricity generation rates of rich countries. Its solution: To bet big on an advanced and largely ...

Japan has long been synonymous with gaming, but some experts and parents fear a growing addiction problem is going unaddressed. Mia Itoshiro works with a group that gives seminars on preventing gaming ...

Multinational teams are choosing structured, problem-solving challenges in Japan to improve communication, leadership, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. A man looks at an electronic boarddisplaying stock prices of ...

TOKYO – The Japanese, who inhabit one of the safest countries in the world, have been brutally reminded that the world is a dangerous place. In a shock to a country that can feel insulated from ...

The yen's decline isn't solely a Japan problem. Explore the real reasons behind the yen's crash and uncover the global dollar ...

While the world is focusing on the radioactive water released from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the country is grappling with other big questions about its use of nuclear energy. Japan ...