Japan

Here are some of the Japanese capital's weirdest museums, which are hard to find in your ordinary guidebook.

Japan’s government may press criminal charges against an anti-whaling activist after he boarded a Japanese vessel in Antarctic waters yesterday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said.

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Thursday apologized to South Korea for the more than three decades when Japan ruled over Korea, calling the time a "tragic incident."

Families and single occupants living in condos accounted for 11.42 per cent of all households in Japan at the end of 2009, up 0.27 percentage point from a year earlier, data from Tokyo Kantei Co. shows.

The slowdown of housing starts in Japan’s real estate market is bankrupting the construction industry, and could soon force the nation to cede its position as the second biggest global economy. Japan’s housing sector faces a steep uphill climb to recoup prices that have fallen 40% from their peak. Job troubles are delaying real recovery in Japan, despite government real estate stimulus programs.