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After finishing 10th in their first season back in the top flight following promotion as champions from the J2 League in 2022, Rikizo Matsuhashi will be looking for his side to build upon their ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is home to the world's largest fish market, the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo. It handles over 2,000 tons of seafood daily. The Japanese language has many different levels of formality, with some words and phrases used only in very formal or polite situations. ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commerce and trade ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea vowed on Wednesday to cooperate on strategic issues including artificial intelligence (AI) safety, export controls, clean energy and semiconductor supply chains. ( read original story ...)

Both service office locations opened in June 2024. President and CEO of Axcelis Technologies Russell Low, said, "We are proud of our growing installed base in Japan and remain focused on expanding our market share by providing customers the most innovative ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is feeling "very starry-eyed" at the prospect of playing in Wimbledon for the first time in five years. The 26-year-old from Japan has been handed a wildcard spot at this summer's ... ( read original story ...)

Investigators enter the home of Manami Takarajima to search it, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on June 27, 2024. (Mainichi/Kengo Suga) TOKYO -- A 31-year-old woman in the Japanese capital was arrested on ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended lower on Friday after a mixed close on Wall Street, where the tech-rich Nasdaq index dived while the Dow ended up. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.09 percent, or 36.55 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government said on Thursday its economy was gradually recovering, but warned in its monthly report that high interest rates in the United States and Europe risked damaging its own economy, as ... ( read original story ...)

Three bodies were found at the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan’s most famous mountain, with one of them already brought down from the slopes ... ( read original story ...)

A 26-year-old delivery driver was arrested by police on June 26 in west Japan's Nara Prefecture on suspicion of forging official documents including a police emblem of the type found on ... ( read original story ...)

Bandai Namco Holdings has said it will display a life-sized Gundam robot model in its pavilion of the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka. According to the toy and video game company's ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese authorities will take necessary actions on currencies, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, signalling readiness to intervene in the exchange-rate market after the yen's slide ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday that he would take necessary actions on currencies after the yen slid to a 38-year low against the dollar. Japanese authorities are "deeply ... ( read original story ...)

Private equity is thriving in Japan, in part because the weak Japanese yen has made local assets incredibly appealing to foreign investors. Foreign law firms want a piece of the action. Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

Some stay full-time, while others being only part-timers, arriving in the morning and returning home in the evening.But we still need a more elderly-friendly country and economy.Elderly people in ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese yen weakened to a near 38-year low late Wednesday, dropping to 160.82 against the U.S. dollar, according to FactSet data. Japan's year-on-year retail sales growth for May came in at 3%, ... ( read original story ...)