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South Korea, Japan Near Landmark Deal on Wartime Labour Dispute - Media SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - South Korea and Japan may be near resolving a dispute over colonial-era forced labour that has ... ( read original story ...)

England won the SheBelieves Cup for the first time on this day in 2019 with a 3-0 victory over Japan. Lucy Staniforth, Karen Carney and Beth Mead all scored in the first half as the Lionesses followed ... ( read original story ...)

It’s not yet the time to consider an exit from the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy, said Hiroshige Seko, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s upper-house secretary general.Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)

Canada's Cam Levins refined his running style after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and had the race of his life on Sunday to meet the Paris 2024 Olympic standard time. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is planning to lift restrictions on exports of key electronics components to South Korea, as part of a deal for the country to withdraw its complaint to the World Trade ... ( read original story ...)

Roki Sasaki pitched three scoreless innings, and Kazuma Okamoto hit a tiebreaking solo home run as Japan's World Baseball Classic te ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has grappled with its declining birth rate for almost a decade, culminating in the lowest on record since the country started keeping records in 1899. ( read original story ...)

Roki Sasaki pitched three scoreless innings, and Kazuma Okamoto hit a tiebreaking solo home run as Japan's World Baseball Classic te ... ( read original story ...)

Ohio teen Johnny Carano was among 85 crewmen lost when the USS Albacore hit a mine in 1944. The submarine’s wreckage has been found off Japan's coast. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japan and South Korea are considering settling a dispute over wartime labour compensation and other issues in a package deal amid growing momentum toward improving ties, a diplomatic source ... ( read original story ...)

Known as chuhai, Japan's ready-to-drink market has roughly doubled in the past decade, leading to diverse preferences on flavor, alcohol content and other factors. Sapporo sees its new product ... ( read original story ...)

As the chair of the Group of Seven nations (G7) this year, Japan will hold a ministerial meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo on April 15-16. ( read original story ...)

Japan's health ministry confirmed 795 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo on Saturday. The figure represents a decline of 387 from a week ago. The ministry also confirmed one death in Tokyo. Our ... ( read original story ...)

Security camera footage of Wishma Sandamali, a Sri Lankan woman who died while detained at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau in 2021, will be shown in court on June 21 and July 12 as ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's trade unions are demanding the biggest wage hike in more than two decades at their spring pay negotiations, a national labour tally showed on Friday, as the government and central bank urge firms to raise workers' wages to support the economy. ( read original story ...)

Cherry blossoms are expected to bloom earlier than usual across Japan this spring, weather information company Weathernews Inc. announced on March 1. ( read original story ...)