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TOKYO — Japan's Defence Ministry is seeking to more than double spending on missile defence , including purchases of costly American arsenals, to defend against North Korean threats. The record-high 5 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Line Corp said on Friday it will launch a cryptocurrency in September, as the company tries to build up a wide range of businesses using its popular messaging app as a ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department ... emails sent to the exchange’s employees to spread viruses. In July, news.Bitcoin.com reported that the number of cases involving phishing emails ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO (Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network) - Hokkaido’s first gin distillery has opened in Sapporo, with kelp and other local products used to create a spirit with a distinctive flavour. Hokkaido Lib... ( read original story ...)

In an effort to combat employee turnover, Yokohama Tire Corporation created a new work schedule for its West Point plant employees. Prior to February, Yokohama employees would work six 12-hour day shi... ( read original story ...)

The plight of a lonely dolphin and dozens of penguins that have been abandoned in a derelict aquarium in Japan since the start ... and the other animals.” News of the abandoned animals spread ... ( read original story ...)

Yuko Mitsuya, the head of the Japan Basketball Association, bowed in apology before making the announcement at a Wednesday news conference in Tokyo. “They lacked the sense of pride and responsibility ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA, Japan—Makers of consumer goods, basking in a warm spell between Asia’s two biggest economies, have discovered that the factories in this country have an advantage China can’t match. They can pu... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s chief government spokesman denied a Washington Post ... in any case this isn’t true,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news briefing Wednesday in response to a question ab... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Itochu Corp (8801.T) is to invest less than 1 billion yen ($9.05 million) in Singulato Motors, a Chinese smart, connected electric vehicle startup – a ... ( read original story ...)

Tomoyuki Sugimoto, who is believed to be a videographer from Shiga prefecture in central Japan, arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport on a flight from China, Kyodo and Jiji news agencies said. Japanese me... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Tire Corp.’s new Rallio app is designed to help tire dealers easily publish and personalize Yokohama-created social media content on all their communication channels. The tool is free to deal... ( read original story ...)

Kyodo News said Sugimoto confirmed his identity to its reporters who were on the same Air Koryo flight out of Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. NHK television quoted a Japanese diplomat as ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday after the ... index topped 8,000 for the first time after the North American Free Trade Agreement news, although the trade deal isn’t final. The U.S. s... ( read original story ...)

Kyodo News said Sugimoto confirmed his identity to its reporters who were on the same Air Koryo flight. NHK television quoted a Japanese diplomat as confirming the man's identity and describing his he... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday North Korea still posed a dire threat to its security despite a halt to ballistic missile tests and a pledge by leader Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean pe... ( read original story ...)