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Japan must raise interest rates and get its fiscal house in order to strengthen a weak yen that has pushed up inflation and ...
MANILA–Two suspects have been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of two Japanese tourists here, local authorities announced on Aug. 18.
SHIZUOKA--Lawyers for former death row inmate Iwao Hakamata plan to sue the government for about 600 million yen ($4 million) ...
Japan’s struggling national hockey team of disabled players has run into a new problem that threatens to put its Winter ...
The organizers of the Osaka Kansai Expo on Aug. 18 announced that ticket sales have crossed the 96.9 billion yen ($656 ...
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday discussed border peace, trade ...
OSAKA—Visitors stranded in the sweltering heat at the Osaka Kansai Expo venue lashed out at organizers, saying they failed to ...
The Defense Ministry plans to seek a record 8.8 trillion yen ($60 billion) in its budget request for fiscal 2026, emphasizing ...
Four years after swapping her pompoms for a chef’s knife, Masako Morishita earned one of the most prestigious accolades in ...
The word “remorse” appeared for the first time in 13 years in the prime minister’s address at an annual memorial service to ...
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) branches are paying much more for early rice than last year, meaning that rice prices ...
Shiv Kumar Gautam, a 23-year-old student who came to Japan as a teenager, nearly gave up his plans to advance to higher ...