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After all, this Japanese chef has achieved a feat no other restaurateur has before; he’s created the world’s only three-Michelin-star Chinese restaurant in a non-Chinese-speaking city. Not an easy ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Two residents were confined to a room for 11 days last December when a COVID-19 cluster broke out at a care home here for people with physical or mental disabilities, the Mainichi Shimbun has ... ( read original story ...)

A boy is seen with a "Seifu cut" in this photo provided by a student. OSAKA -- A bar association here has advised an elite boys' high school to rethink its method of checking whether the students have ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core consumer inflation slowed in February but an index stripping away energy costs hit a four-decade high, data showed on Friday, suggesting cost-push pressures may persist longer than ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core consumer inflation slowed sharply in February from a 41-year high in the previous month, government data showed on Friday, as the effect of government subsidies to curb utility bills ... ( read original story ...)

So Asia opens on Friday to firmer world stocks, lower yields, mix U.S. yield curves, higher global rates after the UK and Swiss hikes - but a growing sense that the world policy peak is in sight - a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has offered clarification for its Russian sales forecast, saying it is "difficult to project annual sales in Russia owing to the situation in Ukraine." In its financial ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka’s latest Instagram post captured the expectant mother rocking her baby bump while out in Japan. The 25-year-old tennis champion’s baby bump peeped out from under her cropped forest green ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion, is preparing for motherhood in a special way. In a recent exclusive interview for People, Osaka shared about her project of narrated meditations that ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--City officials are hoping to tap into some of Shohei Ohtani's vaunted power through a piece of timber autographed by the baseball superstar. ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines has placed its first-ever order for the Boeing 737 MAX, announcing a plan on Thursday to buy 21 jets to replenish its narrowbody fleet. The deal is worth at least $2.5 billion at list ... ( read original story ...)

In the early hours of Wednesday morning Japan time, the Samurai Japan team beat the US defending champions in a thrilling 3-2 win in Miami. It is the third WBC championship for the baseball-crazed ... ( read original story ...)

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara became the first skaters from Japan to win the pairs at the world figure skating championships on Thursday in Saitama, Japan. ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines has placed its first-ever order for the Boeing 737 MAX, announcing a plan on Thursday to buy 21 jets to replenish its narrowbody fleet. ( read original story ...)

South Korea's unification minister and senior Japanese government officials reaffirmed their close cooperation in response to North Korea's escalating missile threats at a rare meeting on Thursday, a sign of a further thaw in relations that comes only a week after their leaders agreed to work past their troubled history and mend ties so they ...

It may not be a cheap holiday prospect, but Japan can be visited on a budget. Even during the popular cherry blossom (or sakura) season, which runs from late March–early May, it is possible to plan a ... ( read original story ...)