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A 37-year-old man suspected of being the ringleader of a burglary group linked to dark part-time jobs and two other men were arrested for breaking into the home of an Osaka company executive, the ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man to two and a half years in prison, suspended for four years, for stealing a pure gold matcha bowl valued at ¥10.4 million ($66,500) from a department store exhibition earlier this year. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co (JP:5101) has released an update. Yokohama Rubber Co. has completed a share repurchase to enhance capital efficiency as part ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co (JP:5101) has released an update. Yokohama Rubber Co. reported a robust 13.1% increase in sales revenue for the first nine ... ( read original story ...)

Japan welcomed nearly 27 million visitors through September, a record pace, and their spending added 5.86 trillion yen ($37.5 billion) to the economy. But incidents of vandalism, public drunkenness, and "overtourism" at popular sites have sparked debate about how to handle the flood of visitors and those who flout the rules. ( read original story ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will deliver a speech and hold a news conference in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Monday, the BOJ said, an event that will be closely watched ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, lifted by rises in exporter shares on a weaker yen and financial issues on prospects for improved ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded by an annualised 0.9% over the July-September quarter, government data showed on Friday, slowing from the previous three months due to tepid capital spending. The slower ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese economy managed to continue growing for a second straight quarter thanks to a recovery in consumption. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded an annualised 0.9% in the July-September quarter, government data showed on Friday, compared with a median market forecast for a 0.7% increase. ( read original story ...)

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for carving letters into a wooden gate at a shrine in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to spend a fall afternoon, immersed in Japanese material culture and the Edo, Meiji and Showa eras of Japanese history, encompassing the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries. ( read original story ...

From Nissan to Seven & i, Japan’s landscape for deals is making for some once-unthinkable alliances. But not every deal should be welcomed. ( read original story ...)

The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American tourist who carved letters into the wooden gate of one of Tokyo's most frequently visited temples. ( read original story ...)

Since technology is not going anywhere and does more good than harm, adapting is the best course of action. That is where The Tech Edvocate comes in. We plan to cover the PreK-12 and Higher Education EdTech sectors and provide our readers with the latest ... ( read original story ...)

The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American tourist who carved letters into the wooden gate of one of the most frequently visited temples in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)