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Japan's Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose to 2.2% YoY in May, climbing from the previous 1.8%. May's CPI inflation in Tokyo rebounded from April's 1.8%, a 26-month low. ( read original story ...)

Humanity's only in mission in Venus is in limbo after Japan's Akatsuki went dark last month, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed. ( read original story ...)

A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to 18 years in prison on espionage charges, federal officials announced Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s largest mammals. But he doesn’t want to protect them. He wants to hunt them ... ( read original story ...)

Finnair has restarted flights to Nagoya for the first time since the pandemic, with its first flight back touching down on Thursday evening - this marks the Japanese airport's first direct connection ... ( read original story ...)

Iga Swiatek — the two-time defending champion at the French Open — pleaded with fans to stop yelling out mid-point after her epic three-set comeback win over Naomi Osaka in the second round on ( read original story ...)

Defending champion Iga Swiatek avoids her earliest French Open exit by saving a match point before beating Naomi Osaka in a second-round thriller. ( read original story ...)

Japan solidified its status as the world's largest creditor last year as the country's net international investment position grew to a new all-time high as a share of gross domestic product. Should ... ( read original story ...)

The people of Fujikawaguchiko were tired of tourists trampling over their town for a free view of Mount Fuji, but their anti-tourism measures appear insufficient. ( read original story ...)

Osaka v Swiatek is a brilliant watch,” wrote Andy Murray on social media, midway through Tuesday afternoon’s match. “WTA need to do more to capitalise on these match-ups!” ( read original story ...)

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Japan's Inpex for the first time last month supplied crude oil from its share in the giant Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan to a German refinery via Russia's Druzhba pipeline, three sources familiar ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its global production for April fell 4.0 percent from a year earlier to 756,254 vehicles, marking the third straight month of decline, as the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will provide Woodside Energy Group Ltd. a $1 billion loan to develop a natural gas project in Australia, another move by the Asian energy importer to ensure the supply of fossil fuel for decades ... ( read original story ...)

In another sign of rising interest rates in Japan, the gap between 30-year government bond yields and swaps contracts has widened to the most in a more than a decade. ( read original story ...)

Starting with Iwate, Ohtani's Home Area, Ads to Be Shown at Times Square in New York, Hollywood, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei; Ohtani's Statement on Becoming "Oi ... ( read original story ...)