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TOKYO, June 20 (Reuters) - Japan plans to set a target of about $2.3 trillion in combined public and private investment by 2040 across 17 strategic sectors as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines CEO Mitsuko Tottori took a pay cut after misconduct by two employees, reflecting a standard practice in Japan's corporate culture. ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA -- Across Japan, more people are falling victim to rogue contractors who pose as repair specialists for toilets and other household water fixtu･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

A fire that broke out at an elementary school in Tokyo on Friday injured around 10 people, including children, media reports said. Most of the 10 injured suffered from smoke inhalation, Kyodo News reported, ( read original story ...)

Japan’s presence at the 2026 Annecy Animation Festival marks a recent high-water mark, with 25 Japanese films selected across the festival’s competitive and non-competitive sections – up from 18 last ... ( read original story ...)

Nearly 300 students and teachers evacuated after fire engulfs Tokyo elementary school - Teacher breaks hip and two children suffer limb injuries while escaping blaze on fourth floor ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA -- The Aichi Prefectural Government's main building is replacing almost all of its old squat toilets with Western-style ones, to the delight of･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

ANA Holdings and Joby Aviation have been selected to operate electric air taxi flights during Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan, marking a significant milestone for urban air mobility in the ... ( read original story ...)

A vessel owned by a Japanese company carrying three Japanese crew members safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and exited the Gulf, Japan's Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Rice prices in Japan finally fell in May for the first time in three and a half years, a government official said Friday (Jun 19), following sharp rises for the staple that put the government ... ( read original story ...)

Smartphone catches fire on British Airways flight at Tokyo airport - No injuries were reported among passengers and crew ... ( read original story ...)

NHK has learned that Japan's government is drawing up plans to invest about 370 trillion yen in artificial intelligence and other key strategic fields by fiscal 2040. That's the equivalent of more ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA -- A Japan Self-Defense Force (SDF) exhibition at a university festival here was canceled due to demands by the university's faculty and staff ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Officials say a fire broke out at an elementary school in downtown Tokyo, but that all of the roughly 300 students and teachers were evacuated or rescued. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo citizens can earn in-game items in Final Fantasy 14 for their taxes. The rewards are being offered by the Shibuya region in a bid to encourage citizens to donate their hometown taxes to the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was willing to step in to defend the yen around the 160 level before, and it's at that point again. ( read original story ...)