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The government reported Monday that the sweeping trends of the country's population decline and excess concentration of population in Tokyo have not changed over the past decade. The report was made ... ( read original story ...)

Recently, Osaka was asked if she would want her daughter to follow in her footsteps and pursue a career in tennis. However, Osaka shrugged off the question as her daughter Shai is not even a year old. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday, boosted by semiconductor-related issues that tracked overnight advances by their U.S. counterpart ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's transport ministry has concluded that six cases of irregularities in vehicle certifications by Toyota Motor may also violate United Nations standards, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Tuesday. The standards are recognised by more than 60 countries and regions and if uncovered elsewhere the irregularities could impact mass production in Europe and other regions, ( read ...

Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. The Tokyo government’s plan to launch its own dating app has attracted mockery ... ( read original story ...)

The CSI 300 index of blue chip shares and Shanghai Composite index both slumped on Friday to a six-week low. Chinese markets were closed on Monday so there could be outsized moves at the open on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy contracted less than initially reported in January-March on upward revisions to capital spending and inventory data, lending modest support to the central bank's plans to raise ... ( read original story ...)