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The eclipse of the yakuza, Japan’s feared organised crime gangs, seemed for a while to be one of the great triumphs of modern crime fighting. For decades, violent gangs controlled drugs, sex businesses and loan sharking in cities; in little more than a decade, through a combination of vigorous polic ( read original story ...)

The value of Japan's agricultural and seafood exports rose 14.3% in 2022 from a year earlier to 1.41 trillion yen ($11 billion), setting a record for the 10th consecutive year, the Ministry of Agriculture, ( read original story ...)

Sumitomo Corp and Chile power supplier Colbun have agreed to collaborate in production of green hydrogen and ammonia, the Japanese company said on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Feb 3 (Reuters) - Japan's Tokyo Gas (9531.T) and Shinobuyama Fukushima Power Co have started to evaluate a floating wind power project off the coast of Fukushima, Tokyo Gas said on Friday, as Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Sapporo have arrested a 53-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of assaulting his wife by punching her in the face in a restaurant. According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:30 ... ( read original story ...)

Signature cuisine is at the centre of a police investigation after customers at revolving sushi restaurants posted video clips of themselves meddling with dishes ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - BP and Chubu Electric Power said on Friday they would study the feasibility of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka – Police have arrested the vice speaker of the city assembly of Osakasayama in Osaka Prefecture on Thursday for allegedly molesting four elementary school girls. Kentaro Inoue, 54, is suspected ... ( read original story ...)

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss will join the former leaders of Australia and Belgium at a conference in Tokyo later this month to call for a tougher international approach to China. The Inter ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese startup Aerwins Technologies, which is selling a Star Wars-inspired $555,000 hoverbike, has received approval to list on the NASDAQ in a merger with blank-check firm Pono Capital Corp , the ... ( read original story ...)

To tackle the problem, a startup in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, began an upcycling operation using brewers' dregs to produce "craft beer paper," which is appearing at beer promotion events in various ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi discussed disputed islands in the East China Sea on Thursday, with both expressing concerns and Qin hoping Japan could ... ( read original story ...)

Low immunity against Covid-19 and a growing population of frail elderly is driving a surge in coronavirus deaths in Japan which had, for a long time, upheld some of the strictest pandemic restrictions ... ( read original story ...)

Japan once boasted one of the lowest Covid-19 mortality rates, but the figure has been trending upwards since the end of 2022. It hit an all-time high on 20 January this year, surpassing the UK, US ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa by phone on Thursday that Beijing hopes Japan can stop "right-wing forces" from provoking disputes over contested ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is popping up all over New York City in the wake of her announcement that she is expecting her first child, going to dinner and coffee with mother Tamaki. The former world No. 1 shared the ... ( read original story ...)