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Japan’s smaller centres and rural locations exert a post-pandemic pull as more companies also leave the capital’s orbit ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has been a fan favorite at the last two Rugby World Cups for its underdog victories over top-tier teams. ( read original story ...)

In 1923, at a time when a reinvented Japan had bloomed as a global power, a violent earthquake razed the country's bustling imperial capital and killed more than 100,000 people. Christopher Harding ex ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co. is selling department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund, as the labor union went on strike ahead of the announcement. ( read original story ...)

The Osaka Prefectural Government announced on Aug. 30 that it will invite about 1,020,000 children from the age of 4 up to high school studen･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

There are an estimated 20,000 coin-operated laundries across Japan. Photographer Philip Fong is drawn by the atmosphere of Tokyo’s 24-hour laundromats, located in unassuming residential areas ... ( read original story ...)

An elderly couple visit their grownup children in this stunning work of art from 1953, now re-released for its 70th anniversary ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks extended their gains Thursday for the fourth straight day, led by automaker issues and boosted by eased concerns that th ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's budget demands will hit a record, exceeding 112 trillion yen ($767 billion), for the current fiscal year, sources told Reuters, as rising interest rates add to debt-servicing costs and military and social security spending rises. ( read original story ...)

The shutters were down on one of Japan's best-known department stores on Thursday in the sector's first strike for six decades, sparked by fears that its mooted new US owner will slash jobs.Unions, fearing job cuts, ( read original story ...)

Japan's defence ministry made a record spending request on Thursday of 7.7 trillion yen ($52.67 billion), for fiscal 2024, the latest step of a plan to boost defence spending by 43 trillion yen over five years. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sampled seafood and talked to workers at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on a visit to assess the impact of China’s ban on Japanese seafood in reaction to the release of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. ( read original story ...)

Workers represented by a labor union at Japanese department store operator Sogo & Seibu Co. will go on a rare strike at its flagship ... ( read original story ...)

Workers at a major Tokyo department store went on strike on Thursday after talks with management over the planned sale of their company broke down, marking the first major walk-out the country has ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory output fell more than expected in July, signalling a rocky start to the second half of the year for manufacturers as worries mount over growth in China and the global economy. ( read original story ...)

Now, in one of Japan’s most extraordinary labour muscle-flexes in recent memory, department store staff at one of the country’s most famous names, Seibu, are breaking yet more new ground by going on strike for the first time in more than 60 years. ( read original story ...)