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Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday as investors locked in gains after the Nikkei index closed at an all-time high late last week. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ... ( read original story ...)

In 2023, the total deal value for the Asia Pacific region declined more than 23% to $147 billion from a year earlier, Bain & Company said in its report. Japan though, was an outlier with deal value ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's top currency diplomat said on Monday that the yen's current weakness did not reflect fundamentals, in the latest warning about the yen's "big slide" against the dollar. ( read original story ...)

Asian shares inched higher on Monday as investors hoped U.S. inflation data this week would not derail the outlook for lower interest rates, while the risk of currency intervention from Japan stalled ... ( read original story ...)

Private equity-related dealmaking in Japan jumped last year, as low interest rates and an ample supply of targets helped make the country the only market in the Asia-Pacific region to see growth, ... ( read original story ...)

In what would be a homecoming for Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Dodgers likely will open the 2025 MLB season in Japan. ( read original story ...)

On Good Morning Hawaii, Kalaʻe Camarillo and Luana Maitland visit Island News in-studio to talk about the upcoming Aloha Yokohama Ukulele Festival at Outrigger Reef Waikiki. ( read original story ...)

Facing off on Grandstand in their third meeting of the year, Garcia blasted 12 aces to Osaka’s 16 to end the Japanese player's run. ( read original story ...)

Behind 12 aces, Caroline Garcia narrowly escaped Naomi Osaka in straight sets to reach the fourth round in Miami, where Coco Gauff awaits. ( read original story ...)

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will unveil a plan next month to restructure the U.S. military command in Japan in the face of shared concerns about China, the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka admitted that she thought it was a “joke” after learning who she would face in the next round of the Miami Open. The former world No. 1 is set to face Caroline Garcia for the third time ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. and Japan are planning the biggest upgrade to their security alliance since the two countries signed a mutual defense treaty in 1960, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. ( read original story ...)

I'd imagine the criminals of Tokyo were facing a similar feeling when Godzilla was made chief of a police station in the city for a day. In a video posted online by Kaiju No.14, we can see police ... ( read original story ...)

MLB is reportedly tabbing a pair of National League teams to open the 2025 season across the Pacific. According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, "The ... ( read original story ...)

We know, we know, when you think Japan, you think of bustling Tokyo, or the geishas of Kyoto and the twinkling lights of Osaka. But consider all the other things the Asian country has to offer, such ... ( read original story ...)

Epic new TV adaptation of the 1975 novel reignites interest in the exploits of the Kent sailor William Adams ... ( read original story ...)