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Japan's central bank looks set to raise its inflation forecasts and debate further policy tweaks, just as business leaders and policymakers descend (in person this time) on the Swiss resort of Davos ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo logged 33 new deaths among novel coronavirus patients on the day, while the number of severely ill patients under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's criteria stood at 46. ( read original story ...)

Emirates' return to Haneda will further boost the airline’s operations in the market, alongside its daily services to Tokyo-Narita and Osaka Emirates to resume flight services to Tokyo-Haneda from ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Fire Department says it last year received a record of more than 1 million emergency calls for help to deal with fires and sudden illness. ( read original story ...)

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Thursday with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Ottawa where they committed to strengthen economic ties as well as their security partnership in the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday on a stronger yen against the dollar, and with falls of Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing stock weighing on the market. ( read original story ...)

Bauhaus, a rock bar and music venue, has been keeping rock alive in Roppongi, Tokyo’s nightlife district, for 40 years by showcasing classic, heavy metal and hard rock from the 1970s to the present ... ( read original story ...)

The speedy family hauler costs the equivalent of $45,000 and is capped at 500 units. ( read original story ...)

Subaru introduced the new Impreza a couple of months ago at the Los Angeles Auto Show and is now trying to spice up the hatchback with an assortment of STI bits. Unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Salon, the ... ( read original story ...)

That effort, for now, has focused on countries that are also strong U.S. allies, including Australia, Britain and France. Tokyo is also looking for closer security ties with India ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government estimated that it would release 1mn tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean “this spring or summer” despite opposition from environmentalists, ( read original story ...)

Tokyo plans to release a million tonnes of water contaminated by the destroyed Fukushima plant. ( read original story ...)

Long-term Japanese government bond yields and the yen surged on Friday as markets increased pressure on the central bank to further adjust a core tenet of its ultra-loose monetary policy. Analysts said the sharp moves underscored deepening dysfunction in the market for Japanese government bonds over the past month and raised uncertainty ahead of the ...