Fearing auto tariffs, Japan to cave on Trump's demands for bilateral trade talks
Auto exports are crucial to Japan’s economy, but the Abe administration views a reduction to its main ally as inevitable, though it still wants the U.S. in the TPP.
Will Don Quijote tilt its lance at the Amazon giant?
A somewhat cynical commentary attributed to the late American TV comedian Jackie Gleason goes, "Anybody who says money can't buy happiness doesn't know where to shop." Shopping per se, however, is an essential daily activity for many, and no one was particularly happy when ...
Cafe to showcase robot waiters steered from afar by people with ALS, other debilitating diseases
A temporary cafe that will use remotely controlled robots as waiters is set to open in Tokyo's Akasaka district in November to show how machines can act as proxies for people with severe physical disabilities. The cafe, which will be open on weekdays between Nov. ...
Social media falls in love with Naomi Osaka as tennis star sparks debate
Naomi Osaka’s women’s singles final victory at the 2018 U.S. Open on Sept. 6 excited netizens in Japan, turning the young tennis superstar into one of the most popular figures online. Her trip to Japan last week only generated more buzz, with users being ...
Monument for WWI camp head, known for humanitarian treatment of POWs, unveiled in northeast Japan
The problem with padding employment records in Japan
60% of Japanese view idea of relocating or closing ancestral graves as positive: survey
Russian group of residents raises spirits of quake survivors in Hokkaido town
Blood transfusions with iPS cells OK'd by Japanese health ministry
May says Brexit talks have hit impasse, calling on EU to produce alternative plans
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday the European Union must come up with an alternative to her Brexit proposals, saying talks had reached an impasse after bloc's leaders had rejected her plans without explaining why. At a summit in Austria on Thursday, EU ...
Number of dead in ferry disaster on Tanzania's Lake Victoria tops 200
In first summit of its kind, female foreign ministers promise fresh perspective
Supreme Court nominee accuser agrees to testify before U.S. Senate
Assault claim against U.S. Supreme Court nominee fans #MeToo flames
May vows to stand strong against EU bloc after Brexit talks hit impasse
Honda Vietnam sees 98% year-on-year increase in car sales in first eight months
Honda Motor Co. is upbeat about its automobile sales in Vietnam after resuming imports that had been suspended following the country's introduction of nontariff barriers this year aimed at encouraging domestic production. Honda Vietnam Co., its manufacturing and sales arm in the Southeast Asian country, ...
Comcast thwarts Rupert Murdoch, outbids Fox with $40 billion winning offer for Sky
U.S. Congress takes aim at shrinking seats, legroom on airplanes
After years of resistance, Toyota to add Android Auto software to vehicles
White House order would crack down on Google and Facebook's business practices
Dollar closes at ¥112.70 after briefly topping ¥112.80 in Tokyo trading
More than a year after President Donald Trump threatened Pyongyang with "fire and fury like the world has never seen," the US leader now boasts of his relationship with North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un. Trump told a rally Friday in Springfield, Missouri, that he ...
China cancels military talks with U.S. in protest at sanctions over Russia military equipment
All aboard: Hong Kong bullet train signals high-speed integration with China
North Korea's Kim flashes K-pop 'finger hearts' gesture in bid to soften image, photos show
Despite detente, U.S. says won't hesitate to impose sanctions over fuel to North Korea
Yusaku Maezawa: Japan's corporate enfant terrible with the world's first ticket to the moon
Call it a flashy billionaire's whimsy or a stroke of PR genius. When Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk hinted on Twitter last week that a Japanese person could be the first tourist to go around the moon on board Space X's Big Falcon Rocket, social ...
U.S. base relocation top issue in Okinawa gubernatorial election
The man standing between Abe and his ambitions: Who is Shigeru Ishiba?
Olympic heat wave fears: What steps can Tokyo take?
Japan embraces esports after lagging global peers but seeks a star to put it on the map
Q&A: How to survive this year's scorching summer in Japan
Japan's driving schools, squeezed by demographic change, target foreign residents to stay afloat
