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Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Trelleborg Wheel Systems. The new company will operate as Yokohama TWS. ( read original story ...)

A man that U.S. prosecutors charged with supplying performance-enhancing drugs to athletes at the Tokyo Olympics pleaded guilty on Monday, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s ageing and lonely population is reaching crisis point. What’s the solution? The director of Plan 75, about a programme of voluntary suicide, explains why her film is ‘far from impossible’ ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Osaka Gas Co predicted on Monday that its net profit will double to 116 billion yen ($859 million) in the current fiscal year to March 2024 after the restart of exports from the U.S. liquefied ... ( read original story ...)

Washington would love to see South Korea and Japan set aside political differences, as the two countries address the economy, security and energy supply. ( read original story ...)

Four people were detained in Tokyo on Monday after they smashed their way into a luxury watch shop and stole items worth over $740,000, local media said.The robbery in the upscale Ginza district was an unusual attempted heist in a country with famously low levels of crime. ( read original story ...)

A visiting care worker was arrested here on May 8 for allegedly viciously beating an 81-year-old woman at her apartment, leaving her with fra･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA--Old and young players alike joined forces to fight off an alien attack in a nostalgic arcade video game reborn here on a massive screen on a building wall here. ( read original story ...)

Many inbound foreign tourists were seen shopping and sightseeing in Akihabara, a famous electronics district in Tokyo, and other areas as Japan reache･･･ ( read original story ...)