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Group of 20 finance leaders on Thursday focused on free trade in their meeting in Washington amid fears that the spread of protectionism following the introduction of new U.S. tariffs will hurt prospects for global economic growth. The multilateral forum kicked off its two-day gathering ...
Female college students joined senior government officials and police officers on a march along a bustling street in Tokyo Friday to call for an end to sexual crimes targeting young women. About 140 people including members of a civic group helping victimized women walked along ...
The alliance between Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. needs to come up with a sustainable plan for a future when Carlos Ghosn is no longer around as chairman to guide the partnership, the top executive said. The main concern is how to assure all ...
As the domestic market faces a shortage of information technology engineers, Japan has turned its eyes on India's abundance of IT talent to prepare for the anticipated "internet of things" society. At the Bengaluru Tokyo Technology Initiative event, held Friday in Tokyo's Minato Ward, policymakers, ...
When asked about a complaint from a Japanese TV station that the most senior official at his ministry sexually harassed a reporter, Finance Minister Taro Aso said the font used on the complaint letter was too small. The scandal broke last week when a magazine ...
U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. plans to offer Japan a stealth fighter design based on its export-banned F-22 Raptor and advanced F-35 Lightning II aircraft, two sources said. Lockheed has discussed the idea with Japanese defense ministry officials and will make a formal proposal ...
The U.S.-North Korea summit could see U.S. President Donald Trump push for eradicating its chemical and biological weapons as well, U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty says.
The Kake Gakuen scandal takes another twist as education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi reveals an old email that undermines the testimony of a former Abe aide.
Although a war of words over tariffs has intensified between China and the United States, there is still good reason to be optimistic about prospects for global trade, the administrator and CEO of the Panama Canal Authority said in an interview with The Japan ...
Nintendo Co. got its start in 1889 as a successful manufacturer of hanafuda (playing cards made out of stiff paper). Now the game-maker is embracing the same materials for its next trick. The Kyoto-based company on Friday started selling an unusual collection of attachments for ...
Dozens of lawmakers on Friday visited war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo ahead of its annual spring festival. Official visits to the shrine cause friction with countries in the region invaded by Japan during the war because the Shinto facility honors Class A war criminals along ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son make Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 Most Influential People of 2018.
By affirming that American troops can stay in South Korea under a possible nuclear deal, did North Korean leader Kim Jong Un just remove a key stumbling block in negotiations with the United States? South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that Kim isn't asking ...
An Osaka man was arrested on suspicion of drowning his wife last summer while snorkeling in Wakayama Prefecture and disguising it as an accident so he could collect the insurance payout, police said Friday. Takashi Noda, a 29-year-old driver, allegedly drowned his restaurant manager wife, ...
As Philippine military battalions closed in, shutting down schools, rounding up men and harassing women, Tungig Mansumuy had to make a tough decision: stay and protect their homes, or flee to save their lives and risk losing their land. After discussions with other tribesmen, Mansumuy, ...
It wasn't until Pham Chi Cuong saw the plane waiting to deport him from the United States that it sunk in that he was about to be sent back to Vietnam, the country he fled in 1993. Cuong and at least three other deportees who ...
Some cafes are offering college students simulated experiences of everyday life at work in a company, using virtual reality technology. The simulation takes the user through a day in the life of a company employee, moving beyond the explanations given at company information sessions. The content ...
The Imperial Household Agency will start offering guided tours of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in English from May 1 in response to the ongoing growth in tourism. The agency on Thursday said it has received many requests for English tours, noting that foreign people ...
The U.S. Treasury is considering ways to restrict Chinese investments in the United States by utilizing an emergency powers law and enacting parts of security review legislation with an executive order, a senior Treasury official said on Thursday. Heath Tarbert, Treasury's assistant secretary for international ...
The United States has credible information that Russia and Syria are trying to "sanitize" the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria while denying access to the area by international inspectors, the State Department said on Thursday. Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the ...
The Japanese government should insist to the U.S. that all trade issues be resolved through the multinational framework under WTO rules.
Currently ranked as the world's No. 3 city, Tokyo could top the list if it improves in three key areas.
The huge missing ingredient in U.S.-China trade deficit numbers is the business done in China by American companies.
The U.N. Charter prohibits the unprovoked attack of any nation against another, except in the cases of self-defense or a U.N. authorized military operation. Neither applies in this case.
Akan National Park is renowned for some of the best fly-fishing in all Japan, and anglers can expect plentiful, seasonal catch.
The Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines 9-8 on Friday, rallying from behind in the late innings for the second straight game. Seibu's Shuta Tonosaki made the difference with his bat and glove to spark the Lions to victory on a night ...
Naoto Tsuji had the hot hand early. The Kawasaki Brave Thunders shooting guard sparked the hosts in the opening quarter and finished with a game-high 20 points in an 89-61 thrashing of the Tochigi Brex on Friday night. Tsuji sank 4 of 5 3-point attempts in ...
Asako Takakura, the first female coach of the Japan women's national soccer team, said Thursday she does not want to jinx herself by speaking about the Women's Asian Cup trophy before she gets a chance to lift it. In a news conference a day before ...
Manchester United could probably have had Pep Guardiola, but in January 2013 the Catalan had agreed to take over at Bayern Munich. Instead, four months later, United appointed David Moyes as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor. United could also have signed Jurgen Klopp in the summer ...
The Hanshin Tigers kept former major leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka from earning his first win since his return to NPB in 2015 with a 2-1 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Thursday. In his second start for the Dragons, the 37-year-old Matsuzaka was tagged with his ...
