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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his cabinet ministers attend a photo session at Kishida's residence in Tokyo, Japan0, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool ... ( read original story ...)

"Electricity and gas prices started to re-accelerate, while price hikes are becoming more prevalent in goods such as processed foods," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research ... ( read original story ...)

Japan, one of the world’s top buyers of liquefied natural gas, is rushing to secure supply for winter, exacerbating a global shortage and driving prices of the super-chilled fuel higher. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese ruling party lawmaker has met with Myanmar's junta leader, according to Myanmar state media, days after a Japanese documentary filmmaker was arrested while covering a protest in the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet reshuffle appears to have done little to ease voter concerns amid anger about the ruling party's ties to the controversial Unification Church, multiple ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese yen fell the most against a resurgent U.S. dollar on Friday, as a two-day rally in equities conceded to market expectations that the Fed will have to do a lot more to contain inflation. ( read original story ...)

Shares in the Asia-Pacific were mixed on Friday following strong gains in the previous session as investors digested the U.S. inflation report. ( read original story ...)

The world’s third-largest economy is finally set to return to its pre-pandemic size, a result that’s nonetheless unlikely to sway Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda from his commitment to policy ... ( read original story ...)

Former Bank of Japan official Masanobu Ogura tried on a “pregnancy belly” for two days after being chosen to replace female minister Seiko Noda as the cabinet head in charge of tackling the country’s ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi on Aug. 22 suddenly declared that the port city will seek to host a casino-based resort that the central government plans to permit in up to three locations. ( read original story ...)

In the 150 years since American educator Horace Wilson began teaching his students in Tokyo about baseball in 1872, the game's meanin ... ( read original story ...)

Until Aug. 21, Lego and Japan Railways East are collaborating to mark the 90th anniversary of the Lego Group and 150th anniversary of the first rail line in Japan, which connected Shimbashi in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese officials believe the same dolphin is responsible for at least six related attacks so far this summer. While dolphins are not usually aggressive to humans, hostility towards swimmers is not ... ( read original story ...)

FuelFest, a festival that features rare cars from around the world and founded by the brother of late actor Paul Walker, drew 30,000 people this year in Shizuoka, Japan, organizers announced Thursday. ( read original story ...)

From archery to canoeing, skateboarding to hockey, a year after the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tokyo’s citizens are already enjoying a sporting and architectural legacy built on the ... ( read original story ...)

Kishida said it was important to gain people’s trust and that the new Cabinet included only those who agreed to strictly review their ties to the Unification Church. ( read original story ...)