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Japan will aim to have women make up at least 30% of directors at major firms by 2030, according to a draft plan issued by the Gender Equality Bureau that said more diversity can contribute to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's wages rose in April as major companies lifted pay at the fastest pace in three decades following increased worker demands for salaries to keep up with inflation, government data showed on ... ( read original story ...)

Last year, Japan’s Finance Ministry intervened to prop up the yen on three separate days: Sept. 22, Oct. 21 and Oct. 24 — as the currency notched 150 against the greenback, weakening to levels not ... ( read original story ...)

Vivek Ramaswamy called for a potential 'decoupling' of U.S. and China on a business level, as well as a new approach to Russia. ( read original story ...)

Japanese workers’ real wages continued to fall in April, even after reflecting some of the gains from a solid win in annual pay negotiations, creating a headache for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka and Cordae are set to welcome their new bundle of joy. The couple shared their joy with the world on Friday when they posted a photo of Cordae kissing Osaka’s belly at their baby shower. ( read original story ...)

French president Emmanuel Macron has objected to a Nato proposal to open an office in Tokyo because he believes the transatlantic security alliance should remain focused on its own north Atlantic ... ( read original story ...)

Pizza Hut Japan recently released an eyebrow-raising pizza that combines sausages and coffee. In Japan, Viennese sausages are commonly known as “wieners” since the Japanese word for “Viennese” is “wiener. ( read original story ...)

Japan will lock horns with continental rival Iran in front of the home fans in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) opener. ( read original story ...)

A car driven by a man in his 80s crashed into a fire station in Machida City in western Tokyo, leaving one person dead. ( read original story ...)

Chanel’s latest showing of its 2022-23 Métiers D’Art show was held in Tokyo, Japan after debuting last December in Dakar, Senegal. Aiming to forge new connections with the Tokyo art scene, Chanel ... ( read original story ...)

The Vietnam Festival 2023, an event to introduce Vietnamese culture and cuisine, was held in the Japanese capital on June 3 and 4 in the bigg ... ( read original story ...)

Bandoh pair Yuji Kunimoto and Sena Sakaguchi finished second on the road when Sunday's race was abandoned after a horrifying crash involving Nissan driver Tsugio Matsuda on lap 59 of 77, but were ... ( read original story ...)

The bereaved kin of a Sri Lankan woman who died while detained in a Nagoya immigration facility in 2021 despite her pleas for medical treatme ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will not detail a time frame for balancing the primary budget in its mid-year economic policy for the second consecutive year, showed a draft seen by Reuters, underscoring Prime Minister Fumio ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama began delivering its BluEarth-GT AE51 tyres in February as original equipment for the new bZ3 electric vehicle (EV) sedan sold in China by FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd (FAW Toyota). The ... ( read original story ...)