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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he held a 45-minute phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss tariffs, diplomacy and security issues. ( read original story ...)

Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where they would be offered at prices significantly lower than current levels, ... ( read original story ...)

The mayor of Osaka said sorry on May 20 about many problems with food at a city elementary school. Since April, there have been problems like ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA: Security guards for dignitaries at the Osaka-Kansai Expo's Japan Pavilion are going viral on social media for the state-of-the-art head-mounted displays (HMD) worn over one eye, looking like a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa intends to visit the United States again on May 30 for a fourth round of trade talks, just one week after this weekend's visit, two sources familiar with ... ( read original story ...)

Hiroko Suzuki's father threaded the needle of a U.S. trade war by pushing the family auto-parts business into newer niche products. Now, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are so sweeping ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April, data showed on Friday, raising the odds of another interest rate hike by year-end. ( read original story ...)

The core inflation figure was higher than expectations of 3.4%. Headline inflation climbed 3.6% from a year ago. Japan's core inflation accelerated to 3.5% in April, government data showed on Friday, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's new Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday he aimed to get rice on store shelves for under 3,000 yen ($20.86) for a 5-kg bag, Jiji reported. ( read original story ...)

An All Nippon Airways plane wrongly entered a closed area at Hiroshima Airport after landing there late Thursday, resulting in passengers having to disembark on mobile boarding stairs. The incident ... ( read original story ...)

Wildlife Studios and Winners Alliance today announced a major licensing partnership, bringing Naomi Osaka and other stars to the hit mobile game Tennis Clash. Tennis Clash has been played by more than ... ( read original story ...)

Adult day service facilities usually look after seniors requiring care during the day to give caregiver family members a break. In Tokyo, how ... ( read original story ...)

Treasury yield has grabbed the lion’s share of attention lately when it comes to signaling how the U.S. fiscal outlook is rattling investors. Yet there’s another less-talked-about factor weighing on sentiment that is coming from overseas: the tumultuous rise in the bond yields of Japan. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama bought the OTR plant in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, for $35 million after previous owner Eurotire Inc.'s bankruptcy. ( read original story ...)

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have developed an interface that creates "virtual sorting nanomachines" without the need to manufacture actual devices. ( read original story ...)

Disgraced former Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer is still clinging to hopes of a Major League Baseball comeback. But the 34-year-old's numbers in ... ( read original story ...)