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Actress Yumeji Tsukioka, who starred in numerous popular films during the 1950s, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo last Wednesday, her office said. She was 95. Tsukioka, whose real name was Akiko Inoue, became a top actress in the Takarazuka all-female musical troupe ...
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said their countries will cooperate further on infrastructure projects in areas such as urban development and energy. Kishida said he and Minh also pledged when they met Monday in Tokyo to promote free ...
Toshiba Corp. is considering releasing unaudited full-year earnings results on the May 22 deadline despite having no clear prospects of approval from its auditor, according to sources close to the matter. PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC continues to disagree with Toshiba over losses related to its U.S. ...
Japan's security policies, including its defensive posture, would "basically remain the same" if the Constitution is revised as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposed last week, claims Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has a rocky history with Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault SA and chairman of two Japanese automakers, having clashed over government involvement in the management of the French firm.
Whether to give nonregular workers permanent status has bedeviled companies and employees alike, especially with the end of a five-year waiting period on a labor law revision looming in less than a year.
The arrest of a U.S. citizen by North Korea on Saturday — the second of an American national in two weeks — could be a prelude to more provocations by Pyongyang amid already surging tensions on the Korean Peninsula, an expert on the regime ...
Six people were killed during an overnight fire at an old apartment building northwest of JR Minamikokura Station in Kitakyushu, police said Monday. Five other men, some of whom escaped by jumping from the second-floor windows, were treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries but ...
The populations of three wards in central Tokyo are projected to keep growing after 2025 even as the capital's overall population is expected to decline, thanks to a construction boom and convenient transport. Chiyoda, Chuo and Minato wards have seen an influx of families and ...
Electronics giant Fujitsu Ltd. foresees a rosy outlook for its digital solutions business in Thailand as internet of things technology gradually increases local entrepreneurs' interest in digitalization. Eiji Furukawa, managing director of Fujitsu (Thailand) Co., said a growing number of local manufacturers are turning to ...
Haruhiko Kuroda joked that his previous role running the Asian Development Bank was more exciting than the assignment he's taken on as governor of the Bank of Japan. Kuroda, who's spearheaded massive monetary stimulus in Japan for more than four years but still faces an ...
Demand for condominiums in Osaka is growing among family households as well as the wealthy, with the increasing supply of affordable properties a stark contrast to falling demand in central Tokyo. The number of new condos listed for sale in the city of Osaka, excluding ...
Imagine you're a hearing impaired person who wants to hire a sign language interpreter. The process is antiquated and lengthy. You have to send a fax to a local municipal government to make a reservation two weeks in advance, and officials then look for ...
The total number of visitors to Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya reached 2,408,400 in fiscal 2016, the second-highest level in the last 20 years. The park credits Shabani, a male gorilla famed for his good looks, for its success in maintaining the high ...
Cosmetics makers are stepping up efforts to tap the men's cosmetics market by targeting male university students preparing for their job interviews as the job-hunting season gets underway in Japan. Shiseido Co., Japan's leading cosmetics-maker, launched a new website for its uno series of men's ...
Unknown just three years ago, and with a party only 12 months old, Emmanuel Macron has seized the French presidency against all the odds. His challenge now is to govern. To do that he must build a parliamentary majority that supports his election pledges in ...
The U.S. military's experimental X-37B space plane landed Sunday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the air force said. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m. on a ...
A man who was having a barbecue with friends at his residence was stabbed to death Sunday in Gifu Prefecture and the assailant, who was promptly arrested, said he had "no intent kill," police said. The knife attack occurred at around 6:30 p.m. at a ...
A ceremony was held in Tainan Sunday to mark the completion of repair of the vandalized statue of a Japanese engineer who made great contributions to the agricultural development in southern Taiwan during Japan's colonial rule. Last month the head of the statue of Yoichi ...
Blood on a pair of sneakers belonging to a woman who killed herself last week after being questioned by police about a murder in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, has DNA that matches that of the victim, investigative sources said Monday. The sources also said that blood ...
Thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people paraded through Tokyo's Shibuya district on Sunday to express hope that Japan will further embrace gender equality and diversity. The LGBT parade was the finale to the annual Tokyo Rainbow Pride festival, and this year's theme was ...
Instead of clinging to the Henoko plan, the Abe administration should at least explore an alternative to the Futenma relocation project, which could prevent its confrontation with Okinawa from developing into a situation in which local sentiment deepens against the U.S. military presence on ...
Depressed turnout and record support for the National Front suggest that something real has happened in French politics, something that should worry the establishment.
The bloc's growing popularity is helping centrist leaders win, but without reform the effect won't last.
With so much at stake, it's no wonder distribution companies pour so much thought into coming up with workable, attractive Japanese titles for their films.
'Dozo' is used when someone requests something or politely expresses their wish.
The east building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum reopened April 26 following renovations.
A new 13-story upscale mall has opened in Ginza, Tokyo’s answer to the Champs-Elysees or Fifth Avenue, and it's proving that Japan is still a whale in the luxury business.
The eyes of the rugby world will be on Kyoto this week, as Japan's ancient capital hosts the draw for the 2019 World Cup. World Rugby Hall of Famer Yoshihiro Sakata and Olympic wrestling legend Saori Yoshida will be among the presenters at Wednesday's draw ...
For Eric Campbell, some introductions in Japan have to come with an explanation. Because it's not everyday you run into a guy who answers to 'Soup.' "They don't really get it here, they ask why," the Hanshin Tigers infielder said of some of the people ...
Since September, 18 first-division teams competed for supremacy during the regular season. The same number of second-flight clubs did the same thing. With the 60-game regular season wrapping up on Sunday in the B. League's inaugural campaign, here's a look at which players finished with ...
