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The Japanese House of Representatives has passed new crypto regulation in the upper house of the National Diet, local news agency Nikkei reports on May 21. The lower house has reportedly moved ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s foreign minister has said he will issued a request to foreign media: Call our prime minister Abe Shinzo, not Shinzo Abe. “The new Reiwa era was ushered in, and we are hosting the Group of 20 ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour trains. Victims of groping can activate the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — The heads of some international sports federations complained this month that Tokyo Olympic organizers were cutting too deeply to save money. One said the cost reductions could make venues ... ( read original story ...)

If the AIBA's Olympic suspension is maintained the IOC has said it will step in to ensure the sport appears in Tokyo. Download The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News. Make sense of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - Tokyo 2020 can make further reductions to its budget, a top Olympic official said Tuesday, despite some sports associations voicing concerns that cost-cutting could harm the running of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s automakers’ lobby said on Tuesday it was dismayed by President Donald Trump’s declaration that some imported vehicles and parts posed a threat to U.S. national ... ( read original story ...)

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More recently, a Chinese court sentenced a Japanese man to five-and-a-half years in prison for "stealing state secrets," according to Kyodo News. Iwaya said conflicts "should no longer escalate" and ... ( read original story ...)

With a dominant performance, American Katie Zaferes claims a hat trick in the 2019 World Triathlon Yokohama, with teammates Summer Rappaport and Taylor Spivey accompanying her in the podium in the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan’s economy grew at an annual pace of 2.1% in the first quarter, marking the second straight quarter of expansion, according to government data released Monday. The Cabinet Office said ... ( read original story ...)

The government wasn’t expecting good news: Earlier this month ... Over the past fiscal year, Japanese companies’ planned capital expenditure levels rose to their highest levels in years ... ( read original story ...)

The release of the figures on Monday was good news for the country’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, who has made reinvigorating Japan’s economy a centerpiece of his appeal to voters. For decades, Japan ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd , Japan’s top electric-arc furnace steelmaker, said on Monday it will hold all steel product prices steady in June, for the sixth month in a ... ( read original story ...)

Such skills would later appeal to Oda, who also looked to Yasuke -- by then conversant in Japanese -- for news about the wider world. "Yasuke was initially viewed as a source of entertainment as he ... ( read original story ...)

Front of Koto Japanese restaurant. The Campbell River eatery is set to close on May 25th after nearly 40 years in business. (Courtesy of Kenji Maeda) Campbell River's Koto Japanese Restaurant is ... ( read original story ...)