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U.S. foreign policy figures have not opposed the idea of Japan lifting its own sanctions against North Korea if the reclusive state returns all Japanese nationals it abducted decades ago, [...]
Cooperation on biomass and food security will top the agenda when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with his Brazilian and Paraguayan counterparts later this week in his first visit to [...]
The South Korean and Australian defense chiefs said Wednesday that Seoul was in talks to participate in the defense technology pillar of the AUKUS security pact — just weeks after [...]
Foreign tourists are flocking to Japan in record numbers and thanks to a sliding yen many are living like kings, splashing out on everything from kimonos to knives and slap-up [...]
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is recommending cannabis be reclassified as less risky, people familiar with the matter have said — a move that could help the legal marijuana industry [...]
Seventeen people, including three lawmakers of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, have landed on Sea of Japan islands also claimed by Tokyo. [...]
Mitsui Fudosan, tasked with renovating the former site of Tokyo's world-famous Tsukiji fish market, hopes to build the vacant lot into a modern center of cultural, culinary and business exchanges. [...]
Municipalities around Japan are rushing to secure "cooling shelters" that people can use when there is high risk of heatstroke. [...]
Chugoku Electric Power said Tuesday that the planned restart of the No. 2 reactor at its Shimane Nuclear Power Plant in western Japan will be delayed from August by about [...]
Tokyo and Tochigi prefectural police arrested two more men Wednesday in connection with the disposal of bodies found on a riverbed in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, on April [...]
When Nepal suddenly announced a ban on TikTok last year, lawyer Sunil Rajan Singh was determined to fight what he said was a government effort to hide its wrongdoings. [...]
Robert Rubin, the former U.S. Treasury secretary who added American firepower to the successful defense of the yen in the late 1990s, had some rules for foreign-exchange intervention. Such moves [...]
A new company called Wecars was formed Wednesday to take over operations at Bigmotor, a scandal-tainted Japanese used car dealer, trading house Itochu, one of the new firm's shareholders, said. [...]
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Asian stocks fell Wednesday with most of the markets in the region closed for a holiday. Meanwhile, U.S. stocks closed out their worst month since September. Oil prices… [...]
Yu Darvish earned his first win of the season, pitching five shutout innings after coming off the injured list, and Manny Machado hit a three-run double as the… [...]
South Korea has held talks about joining part of the AUKUS defense deal between the U.S., Britain and Australia, Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said on Wednesday, only weeks… [...]
Foreign tourists are flocking to Japan in record numbers and thanks to a sliding yen many are living like kings, splashing out on everything from kimonos to knives… [...]
Two men were arrested Wednesday in connection with the burned bodies of a man and his wife that were found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, in April, police said,… [...]
Christian Walker homered twice, including a two-run drive in the 10th inning that gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a bee-delayed 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. A… [...]