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A Tokyo court has granted former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn bail set at 500 million yen ($4.5m; £3.5m), paving the way for his release from custody. He faces four charges in Japan over allegations of ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo District Court has granted bail to former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn. The 65-year-old was detained for a second time earlier this month. Prosecutors then charged him with aggravated ... ( read original story ...)

So go meet a few cute characters, including Hello Kitty and the Moomintrolls, sample about 100 different ice cream flavours, and marvel at the hundreds of koinobori dangling around the iconic Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces the new era name "Reiwa" during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, April 1, 2019. [Photo/IC] TOKYO -- Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan's former chief Carlos Ghosn looked set to walk out of a Japanese detention centre for the second time since his arrest last year on financial misconduct charges after a Tokyo court approved his ... ( read original story ...)

In June, I will be travelling to Kyoto, Japan for the fifth World Parkinson Congress (WPC). WPC is a global Parkinson’s event that opens its doors to all members of the Parkinson’s community ... ( read original story ...)

LAS VEGAS — A father and son from Japan can be freed from federal custody to live with relatives in a rented Las Vegas apartment pending trial on fraud charges in what prosecutors call a $1.5 billion ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Gas had planned to build a 1.2-gigawatt (GW ... plants,” J-Power Executive Managing Officer Hitoshi Kanno told a news conference. IGCC plants reduce carbon emissions by about 15 percent compared ... ( read original story ...)

STUTTGART – World number one Naomi Osaka said Tuesday she had “dodged a bullet” after Simona Halep, her main pursuer in the WTA rankings, pulled out of this week's tournament in Stuttgart. Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - A Japanese journalist known for covering war zones has sued the Foreign Ministry after it invalidated his passport and demanded he surrender it, saying it deprives him of his right to travel ... ( read original story ...)

In the military, they call it "painting a target." And it apparently came as a shock to the crew of a lumbering Japanese patrol plane last December when a South Korean warship locked onto them with ... ( read original story ...)

Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, told a news conference that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was set to issue a statement later on Wednesday. "I would also like to apologize after deep ... ( read original story ...)

Photograph: Daniel Hurst/The Guardian Japan’s government has issued an apology and awarded ... including those who reportedly agreed to undergo surgery, according to Kyodo news agency. People with ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government apologized to tens of thousands of victims forcibly sterilized under the now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law and promised to pay compensation. Picture: Toshiyuki Matsumoto/Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - For Japan’s Zozo Inc, a brash online fashion retailer, 2018 marked a turning point, but not in the way that anyone had hoped. Its body-measuring Zozosuit, which was supposed to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday said it would start ... Shares of all three companies tumbled on the news, with Kansai falling 7.2 percent to 1,453 yen, Kyushu falling more ... ( read original story ...)