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Tokyo stocks were lower on Monday morning, tracking a plunge on Wall Street late last week as sentiment was pulled down on expectations that the U.S. central bank will take an aggressive stance in ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened nearly flat Monday as a weak yen against the dollar lifted export-oriented issues, while sentiment was weighed down by speculation over potential aggressive monetary tightening by ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first time in nearly a decade, as rising costs and Russia's invasion of Ukraine take ... ( read original story ...)

BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to talk with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha about economic matters, upheaval in Myanmar and Russia’s war in Ukraine when they ... ( read original story ...)

After the coup, Japan announced it would halt all new aid, though it stopped short of imposing individual sanctions on military and police commanders. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace from the previous month in April as supply chain disruptions and strict Chinese coronavirus lockdown measures hurt ... ( read original story ...)

Next week, European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to travel to Tokyo to co-host an EU-Japan summit, two diplomats said on condition of ... ( read original story ...)

Takahashi's behaviour is mirrored by a growing number of consumers and underlines a worrying trend for Japan. After lifting two years of on-and-off coronavirus curbs in March, the government was ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s relations with North Korea seen frozen in time, showing none of the movement that has been seen in Pyongyang’s negotiations with the United States or South Korea. One need only visit ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace from the previous month in April as supply chain disruptions and strict Chinese coronavirus lockdown measures hurt overseas ... ( read original story ...)

But a report released in mid-April from Japan’s Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization (BPO), the nation’s media watchdog, has singled them out for being negative, stopping short of ... ( read original story ...)

In terms of regional strategies, Japan may now want more support from Thailand, currently the host of Apec meetings, also for its Indo-Pacific policy, he said. "Now that Asean has become a region ... ( read original story ...)

HANOI, Vietnam: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discussed the war in Ukraine with Vietnamese leaders on Sunday (May 1) and said they agreed on the respect for international law and rejection of ... ( read original story ...)

“This is a large phased array radar that has been used to monitor missile threats from North Korea, South Korea and Japan,” the source said. They said the radar had been in use for some time, but did ... ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews) - Japan will on Monday see April results for its consumer confidence index, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The index score in March was 32.8. Australia ... ( read original story ...)