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Tokyo stocks advanced Monday in thin Christmas trading, following gains by US tech shares last week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.26 per ... ( read original story ...)

"Nostalgia wave cause Australia otw (on the way)," Osaka captioned her Instagram Story. ( read original story ...)

Japan's robotic SLIM moon lander arrived in lunar orbit on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) as planned, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit at 2:51 a.m. EDT ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- People recently experienced making traditional Ukrainian "motanka" dolls in a workshop held as part of an exhibition in the suburban Tokyo city of Komae. ( read original story ...)

Major Japanese auto manufacturers will invest 150 billion baht ($4.34 billion) in Thailand over the next five years, a Thai government spokesperson said on Monday, supporting the Southeast Asian ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks rose slightly Monday after technology issues tracked gains in their U.S. counterparts and retailers were lifted on hopes ... ( read original story ...)

Ukrainian evacuees and residents in Japan gathered at a church here on Dec. 24 to pray for peace in their homeland ahead of the second Christ ... ( read original story ...)

Officials from Iran and Japan discussed sharing experiences in the field of reviving valuable structures and retrofitting hospitals. ( read original story ...)

Ex gov’t spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno among 3 politicians of Liberal Democratic Party questioned by prosecutors - Anadolu Ajansı ... ( read original story ...)

"I'd like to seek your cooperation in realizing pay hikes that will exceed this year's," Kishida told a meeting organized by Japan's most powerful business lobby, known as Keidanren. He did not give a ... ( read original story ...)

After being away from tennis for more than a year due to her pregnancy, Naomi Osaka is set to make a smashing comeback in the upcoming year. For a new mom, it is always very difficult to stay away ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose slightly Monday morning, with gains in U.S. technology shares late last week spurring buying of their Japanese counterparts amid slow trading. The 225-issue Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

Japan should continue to loosen its restrictions on military exports to allow its own technology to be sold overseas, a former defense minister said as the country prepares to export missiles to the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday, as sentiment was bolstered by gains in U.S. technology shares late last week ahead of Wall Street's Christmas closure. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the ... ( read original story ...)

The latest game made free for a day on the Epic Games Store has been revealed, and it's Tango Gameworks' supernatural action game Ghostwire: Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Now that the bonenkai are (almost) over and the Christmas presents are unwrapped, so it's time to bid goodbye to anything work-related and get in the festive mood proper. Here is Savvy Tokyo's guide ... ( read original story ...)