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The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that as of January 2023 it has joined the TNFD Forum, a global gathering of institutions that are aligned with the ... ( read original story ...)

In order to satisfy increasing local demand, Yokohama Rubber is expanding passenger car tyre production capacity in India. It will invest US$82 million in its Yokohama India manufacturing and sales ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA—Feline-friendly Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui hopes to make the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo the first one to allow pets, but a number of hurdles stand in the way. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese justice ministry panel on Friday proposed raising the country's age of consent, currently among the world's lowest at just 13, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation.The move to raise the age of consent to 16 is part of a package of reforms that would also clarify rape prosecution requirements ...

A trial looking into widespread bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee began Friday with a former head of a major ad company admitting to the charges. Shinichi Uneo, who formerly headed ADK ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks dropped Friday, as the prospect of continued U.S. interest rate hikes following higher-than-expected wholesale prices stirred concern over the global economic outlook. The 225-issue ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core consumer prices likely accelerated to a more than 41-year high in January, a Reuters poll of 19 economists showed, reflecting companies' will to raise prices while squeezing household ... ( read original story ...)

A 52-year-old lieutenant colonel of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) was arrested on Feb. 16 for allegedly paying a 17-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

The former president of major Japanese advertising agency ADK Holdings Inc. admitted in a court hearing Friday to having bribed a Tok ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's official count of islands within the country's territory is expected to more than double after a new survey by the Geospatial Information Authority. ( read original story ...)

Japan's H3 rocket, the country's first new medium-light launcher in three decades, failed to lift off on Friday because two secondary booster rockets strapped to the side of the space vehicle didn't ... ( read original story ...)