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South Korea, Japan and the United States "strongly condemn" North Korea supplying arms to Moscow, the allies said in a joint statement Thursday, adding that "several" such deliveries have been made by ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday he expects the central bank to coordinate closely with the government and conduct "appropriate" monetary policy to sustainably achieve its 2% inflation target. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 2.7% in October from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. The core consumer price index for Japan’s capital, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared ... ( read original story ...)

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends, hit 2.7% in October, data showed on Friday, accelerating from the previous month in a sign of broadening price pressures. ( read original story ...)

Shabu-Shabu House, an icon in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo and reportedly the first restaurant of its kind in the United States, has already closed its doors after 32 years of serving the community. Sad announcement: Masako and Yoshinobu Maruyama, ( read original story ...)

In a candid interview on “Can’t Wait to Hear from You,” produced by her media company Hana Kuma, Naomi Osaka chats with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy about motherhood, mental health, the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka welcomed her daughter Shai with partner Cordae earlier this year. The tennis champ, who has been super open about her mental health difficulties in the past, just sat down with the U.S. ( read original story ...)

A booth full of concept cars is nothing new at an auto show. This year at the Japan Mobility Show, though, Toyota called its entire booth a concept. The concept was "Find Your Future," and it was meant to show how electric vehicles can be fun and flexible in ways that internal combustion vehicles can't. ( ...

South Korea’s top court has cleared a scholar of charges that she defamed Korean sexual slavery victims during the Japanese colonial rule in her contentious book published in 2013. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s top court has ruled that a government requirement for transgender people to be sterilized before they could be legally recognized was unconstitutional, in a victory for the country’s LGBTQ community years in the making. ( read original story ...)

Western Digital Corp and Japan's Kioxia Holdings have broken off talks to create one of the world's biggest chipmakers, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. The companies were unable to agree on conditions with top Kioxia shareholder Bain Capital, ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida used his visit to Tokyo's auto show on Thursday to call for the private sector's help in ensuring the economy makes a "total break" with its deflationary past. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Japan has called on Israel to temporarily suspend fighting to allow humanitarian assistance to the besieged Gaza Strip, its foreign ministry said. ( read original story ...)

In the heart of Japan, in the bustling city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, the reign of the urban jungle has been subtly challenged. The evidence of this quiet upheaval? The sudden, unexpected presence of a ... ( read original story ...)

THIRDY Ravena and the San-En NeoPhoenix continued their resurgence, winning their fifth game in a row at the expense of the Nagoya Fighting Eagles, 89-80, in the 2023-24 Japan B. League season. A 10-0 ... ( read original story ...)

Meanwhile, even if their initial screen time was limited, children with ADHD gradually increased their screen time as they grew older. The findings of the study were published in the journal ... ( read original story ...)