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IBM Corp., a group of four gold and diamond industry companies, and an independent laboratory are developing a blockchain network for tracing the provenance of finished pieces of jewelry from mine to store. The TrustChain Initiative, which will run on IBM's technology, includes precious-metals refiner ...
In a historic summit that few could have imagined just months ago, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced Friday the opening of "a new era of peace" that would end the Korean War and achieve a nuclear-free ...
With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in seen as a success and Kim's summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on the horizon, Japan is desperate to become a player in the next round of negotiations. But what ...
After pushing its deadlines back multiple times, the BOJ Policy Board makes a surprise decision to get rid of its time frame for stoking 2 percent inflation.
Shuntaro Furukawa grew up playing the Family Computer, eventually realizing every teenager's dream of joining the company that made the genre-defining console. Now, as the next president of Nintendo Co., he has the chance to build a new franchise atop a hit product — ...
As the leaders of the two Koreas on Friday crossed the border hand-in-hand, raising hopes for the reunification of the peninsula that has been divided for decades, Koreans living in Japan rejoiced over the first inter-Korean summit in nearly 11 years. About 40 Korean residents ...
The Cabinet’s approval of a casino bill draws praise from Osaka politicians and casino moguls eager to open Japan’s first legal gambling dens.
Acknowledging he harassed a reporter, the ministry decides to trim the disgraced bureaucrat’s benefits with a penalty equivalent to 20 percent of a half year’s wages.
Relatives of Japanese kidnapped by North Korea decades ago expressed hope that Friday's inter-Korean summit and a subsequent U.S.-North Korea summit will move the long-stalled abduction issue forward and ultimately lead to the return of their loved ones. "I hope things will take a turn ...
As a resource-poor nation, Japan's prosperity relies on free trade. Under worldwide protectionism, it can't survive. That's the message Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko wants to send as the emergence of protectionism across the globe becomes a worsening headache for export-reliant Japan. "If free ...
How the regulatory regime of the broadcasting business should be reformed under the industry's changing environment should be the subject of broad discussions from a variety of perspectives.
How long can Tokyo keep up its balancing act between Russia and the West?
Under Donald Trump, everyday life has assumed some of the characteristics of an authoritarian regime, especially Americans' obsession with him.
In Tochigi Prefecture, the Ashikaga Flower Park is home to an abundance of wisteria, a plant that has been celebrated across the centuries in Japanese literature.
This review contains discussion of plot points that may be seen as mild spoilers for "Avengers: Infinity War." So here it is: the "most ambitious crossover event in history," the grandest episode to date in cinema's most expensive soap opera — and, coming in the ...
Japan got off to a winning start Friday with golds in the solo and team technical routines on the opening day of the Japan Open, the third leg of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series. The eight-member Japan team scored 90.7041 points for its ...
Justin Burrell scored a game-high 20 points, including 10 in the pivotal fourth quarter, as the visiting Nagoya Diamond Dolphins topped the Yokohama B-Corsairs 77-71 on Friday night. Burrell, the 2011-12 bj-league MVP while playing for the B-Corsairs and leading them to the Final Four ...
Wellington Hurricanes inside center Vince Aso crossed for four tries but only had two count as they beat the Sunwolves 43-15 on Friday to move to the top of the Super Rugby standings. Aso, who crossed in the 74th and 79th minutes, had two earlier ...
Former national team manager Vahid Halilhodzic insisted Friday that he still had not "found out the truth" as to why he was fired two months before he was set to lead Japan at the World Cup. "This has been the most difficult time of my ...
Monica Okoye is fine about being labeled as the sister of professional baseball player Rui Okoye — for now. "I am where I am because of my (older) brother," Okoye humbly said at the first training camp of the Japan women's provisional national team in ...
Pinch runner Ichiro Suzuki scored the go-ahead run for the Seattle Mariners, who edged the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Thursday for their third consecutive victory. With two outs and the game tied 4-4 in the eighth inning, Ichiro was sent in as a runner for designated ...
Kawasaki Brave Thunders center Nick Fazekas has obtained Japanese citizenship, the B. League team announced on Thursday. The 210-cm player, in his fifth season in Japan, is recognized as one of the premier players in the top men's hoop circuit. Fazekas was voted the Most ...
