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The crisis is bad news for the United States, experts say, and undermines U.S. efforts to gather like-minded nations under the banner of a free and open Indo-Pacific and counter China’s rising influen... ( read original story ...)

In the five sculptures, 2 were created by Japanese celebrities while the 3 were done by the citizens of Sapporo. This excerpt from the exclusive coverage of Monsi Serrano for The Philippine Business a... ( read original story ...)

(Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNS/VNA) – Da Nang’s international airport administration, in cooperation with Chubu Centrair airport, Japan, plans to launch daily direct flights connecting the central city and ... ( read original story ...)

A new direct flight between Da Nang and Nagoya, Japan will launch later in 2019. — VNS Photo Tran Le Lam The central city’s international airport administration, in co-operation with Chubu Centrair ai... ( read original story ...)

Amid growing uncertainties on the global oil market, Japan is looking to boost its energy cooperation with Russia, and international sanctions on Moscow don’t prohibit cooperation, Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

On the other hand, Japan Foods Holdings has no interest-bearing debt. Moreover, in the area of corporate transparency, in light of the recent news events with regards to Sakae Holdings’ lack of openne... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s household spending rose slightly and higher bonus payments lifted wages in December, though the underlying trends in these two gauges showed only modest improvement and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s household spending rose slightly in December from a year earlier to mark the first increase in four months, government data showed on Friday, suggesting a pick up in consumpt... ( read original story ...)

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday urged Japan to do more to let children be children, free of excessive pressures or corporal punishment in school or at home ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO, Japan: After 44 hours labouring outside in sub-zero temperatures, the Thai team of snow sculptors has taken the top prize once again at the Sapporo Snow Festival. Their winning "Betta Brillia... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese e-commerce start-up Mercari, which went public last year with great fanfare, booked a quarterly loss of 1.1 billion yen ($10 million) and warned of more losses ahead as ... ( read original story ...)

The Ishigaki Summary Court in Okinawa Prefecture fined the two men about $900 each on charges of defamation, NHK and Kyodo News reported Wednesday. The defendants were fined last month for damaging co... ( read original story ...)

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Japan's leading mobile operator Docomo has invested in Hatch, a spin-off of Angry Birds game maker Rovio, to bring 5G gaming to Japanese consumers, Rovio said on Wednesday. Hatch ... ( read original story ...)

Five central and western prefectures in Japan have reported cases of the highly contagious virus at farms since January, Kyodo News reported. "We are facing an extremely serious situation," Agricultur... ( read original story ...)

Abe said Japan and Germany would work together to keep the global economy growing. "In order to do so, we need to minimize the impact on the global economy from Brexit," Abe said at a joint news confe... ( read original story ...)

My Japanese fans were always excited when i wrote ... Pete Davidson shares struggle with borderline personality disorder In other Grande news, a Las Vegas artist is suing the pop star, alleging ... ( read original story ...)