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South Korea's foreign ministry summoned a Japanese diplomat on Tuesday to protest a claim in Japan's annual diplomatic policy Bluebook over a group of islands between the countries at the centre of a ... ( read original story ...)

Two-time reigning South Korean champions Ulsan HD FC will battle Japanese side Yokohama F. Marinos this month for a spot in the final of the top Asian club football tournament. The two teams will ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday he was closely watching currency moves and will provide a "thorough response as needed" after the dollar surged to a fresh 34-year high. ( read original story ...)

A total of 332 new officers entered the Kanagawa Prefectural Police academy here on April 12, and among them were a pair of twins. Karen N･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

At the Pavilion, the STB will showcase the best that Singapore has to offer in food, culture, the arts and innovation. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Consider the large difference between book value and market value in Mitsui’s Tokyo Midtown building — a 54-story skyscraper in the heart of the city’s buzzy Roppongi area that includes offices, a Ritz-Carlton hotel, and retail and dining facilities. Mitsui developed and opened the property in 2007. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Electron is on track to boost net profit 33% this fiscal year to 450.8 billion yen ($2.94 billion), according to the average analyst outlook from QUICK Consensus. ( read original story ...)

This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Marion County health department. Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures, food ... ( read original story ...)

Tadao Nagasaki, a longtime tech exec who led Japan-related operations for Amazon Web Services and F5, is joining OpenAI ( read original story ...)

All Nippon Airways resumed daily flights on Monday between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Noto Airport, located in the area of central Japan that was devastated by the New Year's Day earthquake. ( read original story ...)

Wim Wenders’s tender and lovely film Perfect Days has fired me up with a new object of desire: public bathrooms as clean and beautiful as those in the Shibuya neighborhood of Tokyo. In the film, Koji Yakusho plays Hirayama, ( read original story ...)

Plaintiffs in a police racial profiling suit against the national, Tokyo Metropolitan and Aichi Prefectural governments made impassioned spee ( read original story ...)

The yen weakened on Monday, pushing the dollar to its highest against the Japanese currency since June 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up ... ( read original story ...)

ChatGPT developer OpenAI opened its first Asian office in Tokyo, Japan as the company aims to expand its global presence. ( read original story ...)

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas) announced on April 8 its subsidiary OSAKA GAS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (OGS) has reached an agreement with Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development (JOIN) to invest in AG&P LNG Marketing Pte. ( read original story ...)

A trial has begun in Tokyo involving three foreign-born residents who are seeking compensation from the central and local governments over alleged racial profiling by police. ( read original story ...)