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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Wednesday as investors were encouraged by solid earnings results from some Japanese companies. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 295.35 points ... ( read original story ...)

Residents of Tokyo and nearby areas are busy preparing for possible snowfall. Snow is forecast in wide areas in the Kanto-Koshin region from Thursday to Friday. A hardware store in Tokyo's Ome City ... ( read original story ...)

Snow is forecast for wide areas of eastern Japan on Thursday and Friday. Weather officials say there may be heavy snow in Tokyo and the flat areas of the southern Kanto region. ( read original story ...)

Heavy snow is set to strike east Japan's Kanto-Koshin region including the capital and Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan on Feb. 10 and 11 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's yield curve steepened at the short end on Wednesday, led by benchmark 10-year government bond yields hitting a new high as investors waited to see if the central bank would step in to defend ... ( read original story ...)

Hyundai Motor revealed its plan to return to Japan after leaving the country 12 years ago. The South Korean automaker was forced to withdraw its business at that time due to low sales. As per Reuters, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's twice silver medallist Ayumu Hirano easily led Wednesday's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers at the Beijing Games, while American Shaun White kept his Olympic dreams alive by advancing after a ... ( read original story ...)

Springboks utility back Jesse Kriel scored a double in the latest round of Japan Rugby League One action, but couldn't prevent his Yokohama Canon Eagles falling to a heavy defeat to the Tokyo Bay ... ( read original story ...)

The 26-year-old Martins, acquired from Yokohama F. Marinos, is one of only two defenders in MLS who ate currently on DP contracts. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government has called on medical institutions to postpone non-urgent hospitalizations and surgeries for general illnesses in order to prioritize the hospitalization ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s wholesale power rate spiked as a forecast for potentially heavy snow in the nation’s capital this week may boost heating demand. The country’s next-day spot electricity price surged 79% on ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Bureau of Waterworks has paid about 160 million yen (approx. $1.4 million) to its 1,072 employees as comp ... ( read original story ...)

A surge in deposits caused by the government's huge cash payouts is straining some Japanese lenders, complicating the central bank's efforts to mitigate the side-effects of its negative interest rate ... ( read original story ...)

The Oscar nominations for “Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s three-hour drama about a man dealing with the death of his wife, have thrilled the director’s native Japan. News of the four Academy ... ( read original story ...)