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Japan's current run of economic growth provides a now-or-never opportunity to tackle the nation's debt and forge ahead with plans to increase the sales tax, said Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai). The ballooning debt shows no signs of ...
Two people died and over 10 were injured Friday in Tokushima Prefecture when a truck rammed a stranded minibus filled with high school students, police said. The impact killed the male bus driver, a female passenger, and injured 10 of the 14 other occupants, most ...
The conviction Friday of the heir to the Samsung business empire could add impetus to new President Moon Jae-in's campaign pledges to reform South Korea's powerful conglomerates — an effort that eluded his reformist successors. Lee Jae-yong was sentenced to five years in prison for ...
The Cabinet approves new unilateral Japanese sanctions on firms and individuals from China, Namibia and North Korea over Pyongyang’s weapons programs.
Prime Minister Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold a phone call to explore redress for Koreans who were forced into labor during the Japanese occupation and the war.
Parts of central and northern Japan received heavy rain Friday that was linked to the death of one person in Iwate Prefecture whose car was apparently swept away by a flooding river. The body of Yuki Ikeda, a 29-year-old construction worker from Miyako, was found ...
In Tokyo and want to watch this weekend's Mayweather-McGregor superfight? You won't need a satellite dish or a sports bar — just an app. Japan's boxing fans can view the $500-million bout, the richest global sporting event this year, with their smartphone and a $15 ...
A 4-year-old girl died Friday a day after she was found unconscious in a nursery school pool in the city of Saitama, the police said. Miku Akanuma was found floating facedown Thursday afternoon. At the time, 19 children between 3 and 5 were playing in ...
The government should plan prevention measures to help people deemed at high risk for suicide, including young people, pregnant women, mothers with newborns and overworked employees, an expert on preventive efforts said Tuesday. "Considering that children attending elementary or junior high school are committing suicide, ...
U.S. authorities on Thursday accused a Chinese national visiting the United States of providing malware that has been linked to the theft of security clearance records of millions of American government employees. Yu Pingan of Shanghai was arrested on Monday at Los Angeles International Airport ...
A 53-year-old Massachusetts hospital worker stepped forward Thursday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history — a $758.7 million Powerball prize — after breaking the news to her employer the way the rest of us only dream of: "I called and ...
SpaceX on Thursday launched the first satellite designed and built entirely in Taiwan, a spacecraft that aims to boost disaster forecasts and mapping, environmental observation and space research. The satellite, called Formosat-5, weighs nearly 1,000 pounds (450 kg) and blasted off atop a Falcon 9 ...
About 150 Americans including sailors sue Tokyo Electric for $5 billion over radiation exposure from the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns in March 2011.
Peak U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan was 100,000 in 2010-2011. If that did not deliver victory, how will boosting it from 8,500 to 12,500 do it now?
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has many successes under its collective belt, but there are still ways it can improve.
A former British ambassador to Japan offers his personal views on the bilateral relationship.
Passengers flying into Kagoshima Airport in Kyushu pass over verdant mountains and lush agricultural fields just before landing. This rich terrain, fertilized by ash from a nearby active volcano, partially explains one facet of the prefecture's reputation: Kagoshima is famous for healthy cuisine. Centuries-old seaports ...
After the furor over the recent "Ghost in the Shell" adaptation, moviegoers should be familiar with the concept of "whitewashing," the insidious Hollywood practice of casting Caucasian actors in roles that originated as non-white characters. But when Lakeith Stanfield, who is African-American, was picked ...
The Yokohama BayStars led from just about start to finish on Friday night at Jingu Stadium. No comebacks needed this time. Yoshitomo Tsutsugo hit a two-run double in the third inning, and the BayStars exploded for six runs in the seventh before holding off a late ...
Amid a mountain of rumors, denials, exclusive (even world-exclusive) stories and endless hours of discussion, Philippe Coutinho remains a Liverpool player. Many will congratulate owners FSG for keeping to their word (which most doubted it would keep) and not sell the forward to Barcelona ...
PGA Tour points leader Hideki Matsuyama struggled to a 4-over-par 74 in Thursday's first round of the Northern Trust, leaving him in a tie for 102nd place. The Japanese golf star, who cut short his practice for the first of four PGA Tour playoff tournaments ...
Kawasaki Frontale will not file an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over being disciplined over a controversial wartime Japanese flag, the J. League first-division side said Friday. The club's decision means accepting the Asian Football Confederation's ruling: a $15,000 fine and one ...
Manu Ginobili is returning for his 16th season with the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs re-signed the 40-year-old Argentine guard Thursday. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Ginobili will become the eighth player in NBA history to spend his entire career with one team and play ...
Japan's Sara Dosho, Yui Susaki and Risako Kawai won gold in the women's divisions at the world wrestling championships, while Mayu Mukaida settled for silver on Thursday. Dosho defeated Aline Focken of Germany in the 69-g weight class. Susaki and Kawai beat Emilia Aline Vuc ...
