Japan launched a second complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday over support South Korea gives its shipbuilding industry, intensifying a wider dispute between the two Asian countries. Japan said in its filing that it had complained to South Korea on Jan. 31 over ...

The labor union at MUFG Bank plans to scrap its current system of seeking pay scale hikes at a uniform rate for all workers in this year's shuntō labor management talks, it has been learned. Based on a proposal from the management side, the union ...

The IMF said the tax would need to be lifted to 20 percent by 2050 to finance swelling costs due to an aging population.

A decision by the government to stop recommending adolescent girls receive an HPV vaccination will likely result in almost 11,000 deaths from cervical cancer if it is not reversed, according to a study in a prestigious medical journal. The HPV vaccine has been a political ...

The confirmation brought the total number of people with the deadly virus in Japan to 163, including 135 from a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama.

The Defense Ministry has said that defense-related information may have leaked following cyberattacks on Mitsubishi Electric Corp. last year. The ministry is closely investigating whether it will have an impact on national security, it said Monday. Information pertaining to bidding for contracts on defense equipment research, ...

The decision to let elderly people and those with chronic illnesses leave was apparently made in consideration of passengers grappling with extreme stress during the quarantine.

Japan's manufacturers have started moving production out of China because they fear the deadly coronavirus outbreak could prolong plant closures and wreak more havoc on their supply chains. Reallocating production outside of China means a temporary surge in costs and is not an easy decision ...

Itami airport is set to become the first in Japan to offer toilets for exclusive use by dogs. The regional airport, which is also known as Osaka International Airport but straddles Osaka and Hyogo prefectures, decided to introduce the canine facility after receiving requests not ...

Nissan Motor Co. plans to halt operations at a plant in southwestern Japan for two days this month due to disruptions to parts supplies from China amid the new coronavirus outbreak, sources have said, becoming the first Japanese automaker to halt domestic plant operations ...

A Russian diplomat suspected of illegally obtaining proprietary information belonging to SoftBank Corp. left Japan for Russia on Monday, investigative sources said. Anton Kalnin, 52, the second-highest official at the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in Japan, allegedly received the information from Yutaka Araki, ...

The government plans to send a fifth chartered flight to Hubei province in China as early as this week to evacuate its nationals and their family members from the center of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Monday. "With the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned top officials last week that efforts to contain the new coronavirus had gone too far, threatening the country's economy, sources said, days before Beijing rolled out measures to soften the blow. With growth at its slowest in nearly three decades, ...

Few people in Hollywood are more familiar with entertainment negotiations than Ovitz, who has been one of the industry’s most prominent deal-makers since the 1980s.

Paul Singer earned his reputation as a take-no-prisoners brawler by challenging the interests of Argentina's government and South Korea's family businesses. With his latest investment, though, the American activist investor appears to be taking a more collaborative approach. Singer's Elliott Management Corp. took a stake ...

Support for former Vice President Joe Biden's U.S. presidential bid has tumbled nationally following a lackluster finish in last week's Iowa caucuses, while interest is surging among Democrats and independents for the upstart candidacy of billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, according to a Reuters/Ipsos ...

Syrian government forces killed five Turkish soldiers in northwestern Syria on Monday, Turkey's defense ministry said, after Turkey deployed thousands of troops there to stem a Syrian government offensive. The attack, on a newly established Turkish military base in Taftanaz in Idlib province, happened a ...

Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive former auto executive, used a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi to inflate his pay, effectively clawing back a cut to his declared wages, and to cover a personal tax debt, lawyers for the companies said on Monday. Ghosn, the former ...

North Korea continued to enhance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs last year in breach of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. The country also illicitly imported refined petroleum and exported some $370 million worth of coal ...

Dozens of climate activists invaded U.S. asset manager BlackRock's office in central Paris on Monday, calling for the fund to pull out of fossil fuel investments. Green activists from the campaign groups Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future managed to enter the building and to ...

Communication apps can give Japanese firms global reach.

A determined president with a tight grip on his party and contempt for the rule of law can free himself from the U.S. Constitution's restraints.

International cooperation can save riparian systems, but first we must recognize the consequences of doing nothing.

As Valentine's Day approaches, love is in the air. However, love comes in various forms and sometimes it can help you learn a language.

The "sae ... areba" pattern is used to express ideas like "if only" and can be used in several simple situations as well as more complex ones.

A Kyodo story reports on changes to train timetables during the Tokyo Olympics with some routes running longer in order to accommodate spectators.

A Bloomberg article outlines the problematic reactions of people in Asia toward Chinese tourists and expats as a coronavirus that originated in Wuhan spreads overseas.

The ball that brought an end to the 1964 Japan Series between the Nankai Hawks and Hanshin Tigers landed, as so many others had over those seven games, in Hawks catcher Katsuya Nomura's mitt. That final pitch (a swinging strike) was thrown by Nankai star ...

Yuta Watanabe was selected to the 2019-20 Midseason All-NBA G League's Western Conference team in recognition of his overall performance in the first half of the season, the league announced on Monday. Watanabe, who is on a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, has played ...

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame catcher and renowned manager Katsuya Nomura died of ischemic heart failure early Tuesday morning, according to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the last club he managed. He was 84. Nomura was one of NPB's greatest slugging catchers, amassing 657 home ...