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I pay my deepest respect to the local governments, the business community, National Diet legislators and others involved in the bid as their 'all Japan' efforts proved successful." (Japanese original ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is set to approve legislation that would officially open the door to foreign workers to do unskilled jobs and possibly eventually become citizens. Lawmakers were due to vote late Friday on a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s household spending unexpectedly fell in October and real wages slipped for a third straight month, adding to concerns about the strength of the economy as global trade ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Most Japanese firms expect flat or weaker domestic growth next year and are even more pessimistic about global growth amid concerns over the impact of the U.S.-China trade war and a ... ( read original story ...)

“We plan to keep at it all through the night,” Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces’ Joint Staff, said at a news conference. The U.S. Marine Corps initially said a “mishap” t... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) -- One of two crew members recovered after two U.S. warplanes collided and crashed off Japan's coast early Thursday is dead and five others remain missing, the U.S. military said. The Marin... ( read original story ...)

A marine refuelling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan's southwestern coast after colliding early Thursday, and rescuers found two of the seven crew members, one of them ... ( read original story ...)

“We plan to keep at it all through the night,” Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defence Forces’ Joint Staff, told a news conference. The incident adds to a growing list of U.S. military a... ( read original story ...)

In a sign Tokyo may be stepping up pressure on the Kim Jong Un regime as denuclearization talks are delayed, Japanese police arrested a North Korean passport holder for working as a "key North Korean ... ( read original story ...)

“The incident is regrettable, but our focus at the moment is on search and rescue,” Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya told a news conference, according to news agencies. “Japan will respond appr... ( read original story ...)

A second crew member has been found in the Pacific Ocean near Japan where two Marine Corps aircraft collided while refueling in mid-air early Thursday during a training exercise, a Marine Corps spokes... ( read original story ...)

SoftBank is a top cell-service provider in Japan, with some 40 million users. The disruptions quickly became one of the trending topics on social media, and it was a major news items on public broadca... ( read original story ...)

The crash is the latest in recent series of accidents involving the U.S. military deployed to and near Japan. Last month, a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan crashed in... ( read original story ...)

More than 50,000 U.S. troops are based in Japan under the bilateral security pact. The Reuters news agency noted that U.S. military accidents are a "sensitive" topic in Japan, especially in Okinawa, w... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Defence Ministry says a second crew member has been found in the waters off the Japanese coast where two U.S. Marine Corps warplanes collided and crashed. Five others are still missing. The Ma... ( read original story ...)

AKITAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - Brazilian Luan Dartora Taniuti settled in the remote municipality of Akitakata in southwest Japan when he was nine. Leonel Maia of East Timor has been there nearly seven y... ( read original story ...)