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who account for a large portion of Tokyo trade, are absent from trade ahead of the Christmas holidays," said SBI Securities in a commentary. The news that Catalan separatists won a snap regional poll Thursday in Spain did not immediately upset the foreign ... ( read original story ...)

(Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) Abe has called North Korean missile threat a "national crisis" for Japan, luring public support for greater military roles and equipment that used to be taboo under Japan's strictly self-defense ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government approved a record military budget on Friday but did not earmark enough extra money to stop a splurge on U.S.-made ballistic missile defense kit from putting a squeeze on funding for an ambitious domestic jet fighter ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet on Friday approved Japan's biggest 5.19 trillion yen (US$46 billion) defence budget to bolster ballistic missile defence capability amid escalating threats from North Korea. Under the plan endorsed Friday ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's defence budget will swell to a record $46 billion for the next fiscal year, the government said Friday, as the nation shores up its missile shield against the threat posed by North Korea. The defence spending was part of a $860-billion national ... ( read original story ...)

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"I stumbled across these videos of foreigners who were clearly big names over there but we hadn't heard of them," he told News Breakfast. With the help of two filmmaker friends, David has just released a documentary of his experience — Big In Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Taste-testers for Sora News 24 confirmed that the low-smell chicken has only a faint scent, which KFC Japan reportedly achieves through a special cooking process. However, the site claims it re-gains some of its signature scent when microwaved. For now ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA – Nagoya University Hospital said Wednesday one of its surgical teams left gauze inside a woman’s body during an operation carried out 44 years ago. The patient, an Aichi Prefecture resident now in her 80s, complained of stomach pain for many ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Gas Co. President Takehiro Honjo said his company is considering lowering retail electricity prices as early as next spring to counter a planned markdown by Kansai Electric Power Co. We constantly consider diversifying our price plans and revise the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's new baby panda debuted formally Tuesday, immediately melting the hearts of hundreds of lucky fans who managed to obtain zoo tickets, many wearing panda-themed clothes. Xiang Xiang, which means fragrance in Chinese, was born in June ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to purchase a set of costly land-based U.S. missile combat systems to increase the country’s defence capabilities amid escalating threats from North Korea. The approval will allow the Defence ... ( read original story ...)

This expansion comes as Japan prepares to host a series of major international sporting events, including the 2020 Olympic Games and the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which will include matches staged in Sapporo. - TradeArabia News Service ( read original story ...)

News reports Tuesday showed investigators from the Tokyo District ... The $80 billion magnetic levitation, or maglev, railway between Tokyo and the central Japanese city of Nagoya is a decades-long project that is expected to reduce travel time between ... ( read original story ...)

SYDNEY, Australia — Outgoing Australia coach Ange Postecoglou has confirmed he will take over as head coach of Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League from February. The 52-year-old announced his shock resignation from the Socceroos in November, weeks after ... ( read original story ...)

The Asian Cup winner has accepted the job in charge of City Football Group (CFG)-aligned J-League club Yokohama F Marinos and will take up the reins in the new year. The deal fulfils Postecoglou's ambitions to return to club football, having successfully ... ( read original story ...)