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Japan's Topix (Tokyo Price Index) has marked new peaks in the past two weeks, seeing its highest level since July 1990 on Monday. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday his son is resigning as his executive policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s residence for a private party at which the merrymaking was exposed in magazine photos that triggered public outrage. ( read original story ...)

Etihad Airways has unveiled plans to launch flights between Abu Dhabi and Osaka, Japan. The airline will operate the route with five flights per week using Boeing 787-9 aircraft, beginning Oct 1. The ... ( read original story ...)

Veteran actor Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor prize at the Cannes International Film Festival on Saturday. The 67-year-old Japanese star received the award for his performance as a Tokyo toilet cleaner in "Perfect Days, ( read original story ...)

Using a guidebook published more than 20 years ago, a writer searches out the bars and restaurants that express the city’s traditional eating and drinking culture. ( read original story ...)

L ocated at Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO), 22 miles south of Nagoya in central Japan, is a shopping center and theme park containing the first-ever Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The decision to ... ( read original story ...)

Officials from Be Forward said that they had taken the initiative to pay all the claimants as they track the agents-turned-fraudsters ... ( read original story ...)

After opening on April 28 in Japan, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has hit the JPY10 billion ($71 million) milestone in just 31 days – the quickest ever by a non-Japanese animation in ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's son will resign as his aide, the premier said on Monday, after photos of the son and other relatives apparently pretending to hold a news conference at the official residence sparked an uproar. ( read original story ...)

An International Atomic Energy Agency team has arrived in Tokyo for a final review before Japan begins releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he would fire his son, who is working as his secretary, after a scandal over a party held at his official residence in late 2022. ( read original story ...)

The coast guard of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will hold trilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea this week, the first such manoeuvres between them as a time of growing concern about China's moves in the region. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan reported an unrealized loss on its Japanese government-bond holdings for the first time in 17 years amid rising global bond yields. ( read original story ...)

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 continued to push 33-year record levels as it jumped 2% on the open, with the Topix also gaining 1.26%. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 climbed 1.36%, while South Korean markets are closed Monday for a holiday. ( read original story ...)

Air France flight to Paris took off from Kansai airport but turned back about 35 minutes later and landed safely at the same airport as leading edge was damaged ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea's vice foreign minister said Pyongyang is willing to hold high-level talks with Tokyo if Japan shows a change of stance on pending issues, such as the abduction of Japanese citizens by the ... ( read original story ...)