Isabel Reynolds Bloomberg

Japan will cease to exist if it can't slow a fall in its birth rate that threatens to wreck the social safety net and economy, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is unlikely to attend a meeting of G-20 foreign ministers in India from Wednesday, instead prioritizing parliamentary business, according to a government official.

The upcoming state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was billed as an opportunity to stand up for democracy after his assassination on the campaign trail. It has ended up dividing the public and threatening his successor's agenda.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- Japan's longest-serving premier and a figure of enduring influence -- died after being shot at a campaign event Friday in an attack that shocked a nation where political violence and guns are rare.

An official Ukrainian government Twitter account issued an apology after showing a picture of Japan's wartime Emperor Hirohito alongside Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in a social media video about the defeat of fascism.

A bid by four of the Indo-Pacific's largest democracies to band together as a counter to China's growing might has received increased impetus after the so-called Quad group met for the first time at the ministerial-level in New York.

Japanese decluttering queen Marie Kondo's Netflix show has sparked a fresh wave of global interest in the tidying concepts she outlined in her best-selling books. She and her husband Takumi Kawahara, also the CEO of KonMari Media, spoke to Bloomberg about what the patented KonMari method really means.

When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang smiled and clinked glasses with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a reception in Tokyo last week, it served as a reminder of just how rare these types of warm gestures have been between the Asian neighbors.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds his 10th summit with India's leader Narendra Modi on Thursday, underscoring the importance of strategic ties between the countries as the two face an increasingly assertive China. Supplying submarine technology would lock Japan and India into an even tighter defense relationship for years to come.

In the strategic rivalry between Japan and China, high-speed rail contracts are one of the best ways to project power. And no Asian country offers more opportunities than India.

Japan will cease to exist if it can't slow a fall in its birth rate that threatens to wreck the social safety net and economy, according to an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is unlikely to attend a meeting of G-20 foreign ministers in India from Wednesday, instead prioritizing parliamentary business, according to a government official.

The upcoming state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was billed as an opportunity to stand up for democracy after his assassination on the campaign trail. It has ended up dividing the public and threatening his successor's agenda.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- Japan's longest-serving premier and a figure of enduring influence -- died after being shot at a campaign event Friday in an attack that shocked a nation where political violence and guns are rare.

An official Ukrainian government Twitter account issued an apology after showing a picture of Japan's wartime Emperor Hirohito alongside Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in a social media video about the defeat of fascism.

A bid by four of the Indo-Pacific's largest democracies to band together as a counter to China's growing might has received increased impetus after the so-called Quad group met for the first time at the ministerial-level in New York.

Japanese decluttering queen Marie Kondo's Netflix show has sparked a fresh wave of global interest in the tidying concepts she outlined in her best-selling books. She and her husband Takumi Kawahara, also the CEO of KonMari Media, spoke to Bloomberg about what the patented KonMari method really means.

When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang smiled and clinked glasses with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a reception in Tokyo last week, it served as a reminder of just how rare these types of warm gestures have been between the Asian neighbors.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds his 10th summit with India's leader Narendra Modi on Thursday, underscoring the importance of strategic ties between the countries as the two face an increasingly assertive China. Supplying submarine technology would lock Japan and India into an even tighter defense relationship for years to come.

In the strategic rivalry between Japan and China, high-speed rail contracts are one of the best ways to project power. And no Asian country offers more opportunities than India.