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North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile, triggering emergency alerts across Japan. Sirens blared and authorities swiftly activated national defence protocols, urging citizens to remain ... ( read original story ...)

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, April 8 (Reuters) - The Japanese business mood worsened in March to levels not seen since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, a government survey showed, a sign surging oil ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 8 (Reuters) - Japan saw corporate bankruptcy cases rise for the fourth straight year in fiscal 2025 and may see further increases from around summer this year as surging costs from the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday urged Iran to swiftly secure safe passage for ships of all nations through the St ... ( read original story ...)

Energy crises expose structural vulnerabilities: like Germany's past reliance on Russian gas, Japan is now highly exposed due to heavy dependence on Middle Eastern oil via the Strait of Hormuz. ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump criticized three key U.S. allies in the Pacific for not assisting in the war he launched against Iran in February. ( read original story ...)

Currently just 9 percent of workers in Japan's auto workers are foreigners, a number that needs to triple to sustain the market's annual pace ... ( read original story ...)

Items worth several hundreds of thousands of dollars have been stolen from a secondhand luxury items shop in downtown Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Kanye West was scheduled to headline Wireless Festival, one of the U.K.'s biggest music festivals, this summer. A year ago, McIlroy arrived at August National only to stumble upon the past champions ... ( read original story ...)

The two Oscar-winning actresses attended the Japanese premiere of "The Devil Wears Prada 2" on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Neolix, the world's largest L4 autonomous urban delivery RoboVan solutions provider, announced today that it will jointly exhibit at KANSAI LOGIX 2026 (April 8–10, Intex Osaka, Hall 6, Booth B10-32) ... ( read original story ...)

A weeklong event began on Wednesday in Osaka to mark the first anniversary of last year's World Expo opening in the western Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

According to public broadcaster NHK, the accident occurred at around 4:30 pm local time on Monday at a portside steelmaking complex in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. A scaffold standing approximately ... ( read original story ...)

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that, together with its US sales subsidiary, Yokohama Aerospace America, Inc., it will participate in the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2026, to be held in Hamburg ... ( read original story ...)

The event, dubbed the 'Sparkline Jubilee,' will feature park-wide decorations in an ocean-blue theme color and run from April 15 until March of next year. ( read original story ...)

A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300, registration B-KQO performing flight CX-883 (dep Apr 5th) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Hong Kong (China) with 373 people on board, was enroute over the Pacific Ocean ... ( read original story ...)