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Visit days after the Japan-EU trade pact took effect “sends a strong message on promotion of free trade” and strengthening economic ties, Abe said.
Public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has risen to 45.6 percent from mid-January's 43.4 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, despite growing criticism of the government's response to a labor data scandal. The weekend telephone poll also showed that less than 10 ...
The mother told investigators that her husband did not stop his pattern of abuse despite her pleas, investigative sources said.
As host of this year's Group of 20 leaders' summit, a key official said Monday that Japan's most important task will be to chair a gathering that concludes with a strong message promoting stable worldwide economic growth. The June 28-29 conference is expected to be ...
A nurse who previously worked at a home for the elderly in central Japan was arrested Sunday for an alleged 2017 assault on a resident in her 90s, with police suspecting he was also involved in four other cases. Takeshi Odori, 33, is suspected to ...
Panasonic Corp. said Monday it reported a 19 percent drop in third-quarter operating profit and cut its full-year earnings outlook, citing slower demand for home appliances and factory automation equipment in China amid an escalating Sino-U.S. trade war. The electronics company posted an operating profit ...
Medical diagnostic services using artificial intelligence are set to be introduced this year in Japan, where the adoption of information technology in health care has been slow, sources said Monday. The private Showa University in Tokyo together with Nagoya University and Cybernet Systems Co. have ...
The Japan Sommelier Association has found that pins it issues to those who pass the sommelier and other wine expert qualifications have been sold on auction sites despite a ban, and that some of the pins are fake, association officials said Monday. The association has ...
The government on Monday endorsed the U.S. decision to withdraw from a key Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia, but stressed that the move is seen as "undesirable." "We understand the U.S. awareness of problems that led it to announce it will halt its ...
As SoftBank Group Corp. continues its transformation into a giant investment fund, some analysts are increasingly watching a metric more familiar to lenders as they judge its creditworthiness. And by that gauge, they say, its massive debt pile looks manageable. SoftBank's loan-to-value ratio, its net ...
A former mayor campaigning on an anti-corruption ticket swept to victory in El Salvador's presidential election on Sunday, bringing an end to a two-party system that has held sway over the violence-plagued Central American country for three decades. Nayib Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of ...
An android child struggles to control his emotions. Robots threaten to take away human jobs. And a voice-activated device ponders its own existence. These dark themes were explored by this year's Super Bowl commercials, with brands such as TurboTax, Olay and Sprint capitalizing on fears ...
One day in January, in a quiet Zen temple on a hill in Nagoya's Tenpaku Ward, a priest offered a Nigerian visitor okaki (rice crackers). "Can you eat (this)?" the chief priest of Tokurinji temple asked him in English. The man, who came to Japan to ...
One of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong, is facing a proliferation of wild boars as the large mammals stray increasingly into built-up areas. And while some residents welcome sightings of the boars as a symbol of good fortune, especially with the arrival ...
The automaker cited doubts about the U.K.’s split from the EU in its decision to scrap plans to make the X-Trail at its Sunderland plant.
The organizers of an annual rally calling for the return of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido may refrain from issuing a declaration that includes language potentially upsetting for Moscow, according to sources close to the matter, as Japan seeks a breakthrough in the decades-old dispute ...
The industry ministry has begun a project to support the development of artificial intelligence tools that help diabetics improve their diet and daily habits, to prevent their condition from worsening, sources have said. The ministry hopes to collect data from some 2,000 diabetics whose condition ...
The Australian government is due to release on Monday the final recommendations of the independent inquiry that exposed systemic wrongdoing in Australia's financial sector last year, likely leading to sweeping changes to the country's banking industry. The big banks, insurers, pension funds and regulators who ...
U.S President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are considering a meeting on Feb. 27 and 28 in the coastal city of Da Nang, Vietnam, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday, citing a person familiar with the discussions. The newspaper said Trump mentioned ...
Seven passengers were killed and several others injured when a Delhi-bound train derailed in India's eastern state of Bihar on Sunday, railways officials said. Eleven coaches of the Seemanchal Express left the rails near Sahadai Buzurg railway station, about 50 km (30 miles) from the ...
Treaties must be observed to be valuable, but withdrawal and termination should only be a last resort.
With the presence of the "neocon comeback kids," U.S. foreign policy now shows atavism symptoms again.
The boundary between historical fact and fiction is more porous than students of history might think.
Extending the working lives of the elderly by offering better employment conditions is a top priority for Japan.
Three common assumptions skew economists' forecasts of automation's impact on employment.
The BOJ's radical monetary policy is marking its 20-year anniversary. Raise a glass to the experiment replicated around the world.
What is the point of the U.S. adhering to an agreement that the Russians weren't honoring?
The world is full of smells. Good smells and bad smells, pleasant and unpleasant smells, fragrant and pungent smells. Though the nose is not our most reliable advisor in perception — eyesight is far more important, as is well known — smells clearly have ...
The word "irai" translates as "since," and it can be tacked on to both nouns and verbs.
A Japanese news article sums up the issue of Naomi Osaka's anime avatar and its controversial color.
When Yumiko Munekyo was a vice president at Nomura Holdings Inc. in 2011, she would take clients to upscale sushi spots around Manhattan. They'd invariably order junmai daiginjō, the highest grade of sake and also usually the priciest, but not always the most interesting ...
Sara Takanashi finished second in the women's normal hill individual competition on Sunday as Norway's Maren Lundby claimed her fifth straight World Cup victory. Takanashi landed on the podium for the sixth time this season after posting jumps of 88.0 and 89.0 meters to net ...
The head of the Japan Sports Agency on Monday said he hopes high school baseball establishes pitching limitations to protect the arms of young athletes. In an interview with Kyodo News, Daichi Suzuki indicated he would like high school baseball authorities to place inning or ...
The Yomiuri Giants are often referred to as Japan's answer to the New York Yankees — the "Evil Empire" version of the Bronx Bombers anyway — and the offseason they've had makes it easy to see why. After finishing a fourth straight season without winning ...
In the days since Japan's 3-1 defeat to Qatar in the 2019 Asian Cup final, Japan's soccer media has had plenty of time to unload its takes, whether first, second or simply hot. But another narrative has emerged on Twitter, with players weighing in on ...
Qatari first-division club Al-Duhail on Sunday announced the signing of Shoya Nakajima from Portuguese top-flight outfit Portimonense. Al-Duhail has reportedly paid €35 million ($40 million) for the 24-year-old, a record for the transfer of a Japanese player, overtaking the roughly $29 million Parma paid Italian ...
Midfielder Shinji Kagawa came off the bench late to strike twice in his debut for Besiktas in a 6-2 win at Antalyaspor in the Turkish League on Sunday. Kagawa, who joined Besiktas on loan from runaway German Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund until the end ...
