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The announcement, which Shinjiro Atae said he'd been wanting to make, is highly unusual in Japan where same-sex unions are not legal. ( read original story ...)

The city health center here on July 25 imposed a sales ban and recall of products from a local food trading company after coliform bacteria w･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Just as Japan saw a substantial increase in foreign residents in 2022, it also registered a decline in its native population of approximately 800,000 people, marking the biggest drop on the country’s record. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan on Friday took another step toward normalizing monetary policy—or did it? Add confusion to the list of risks from decades of policy experimentation by the central bank in the world’s third-largest economy, as investors decipher the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's population crisis continues to get worse by the year. New data released on Wednesday by Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs reveals that the number of Japanese nationals fell by more than 800, ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is gearing up to send the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission to the moon on an H-2A rocket on Aug. 26 Japan time (0034 GMT, 9:34 a.m. JST, or 8:34 p.m. EDT on Aug. 25). ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea next month for a summit at Camp David, the White House announced Friday. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA--Tax authorities here ordered Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc. to pay consumption taxes of around 200 million yen ($1.43 million) for improper duty-free sales to foreign customers who did ... ( read original story ...)

Japan might spend $309.75 billion on defense between FY24 and FY28, compared with $122.48 billion during the previous five fiscal years. ( read original story ...)

Morgan Chaudeler, AICHI Sky Expo, and Thomas Vidal, Marriott International, speak about the importance of events to their respective venues. ( read original story ...)

The post in question featured the ceiling of a lavish hotel in Tokyo, Japan, shared by Kim, who is 42 years old. The photo Kim Kardashian shared displayed the stunning walls and contemporary ceiling of the lobby at Aman Tokyo, also known as "A Resort In ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese military chiefs said Friday the country urgently needed a counterstrike capability amid what they said was the most dangerous security situation since World War Two and a "rapid tilt" in the ( read original story ...)

Japan’s monetary policy is becoming even more unorthodox on the path to normality. Governor Kazuo Ueda on Friday shocked global markets by pledging more flexibility in the Bank of Japan’s yield curve control scheme, ( read original story ...)

A city employee in Osaka Prefecture has been suspended from work for two months after posting photos on Twitter showing her cosplaying at eve ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's central bank kept interest rates unchanged Friday despite rising inflation but hinted that it could gradually abandon years of ultra-cheap money, sending the yen soaring and stocks tumbling. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government stepped up its alarm over China's assertiveness, warning in a report issued Friday that the country faces its worst security threats since World War II as it plans to implement ... ( read original story ...)