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The Nagoya High Court on Sept. 16 ruled that the suicide of an employee at Toyota Motor Corp. after he developed depression due to overwork ... ( read original story ...)

A five-year prison term was finalized Friday for a 90-year-old former top bureaucrat over a fatal 2019 Tokyo car accident, bringing a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Friday on bargain-hunting purchases, with investors focused on domestic politics as campaigning in the ruling party's leadership race kicks off. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday pledged more freedom for vaccinated citizens, even as the country's second largest state reported its second highest daily rise in new Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)

Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite competing with an injured knee. Bajrang Punia is one of India's greatest and most accomplished wrestlers with three World ... ( read original story ...)

Four candidates vying for head of the Liberal Democratic party include two women hoping to lead a country that has never had a female PM ... ( read original story ...)

Japan must take steps to fill a 22-trillion-yen (US$200 billion) output gap in the economy, Taro Kono, a leading candidate in the race to lead the ruling party, said on Friday. In a speech on his ... ( read original story ...)

Discovery made by a local girl comes decades after the bottle was put into the sea by schoolchildren as part of an experiment to monitor ocean currents ... ( read original story ...)

Australia will play a Test in Japan next month ahead of both countries' European tours, it was announced Friday, with the Wallabies returning to the scene of their 2019 Rugby World Cup exit. Australia ... ( read original story ...)

The Wallabies have locked in a date to play Japan in Oita next month, where they could come up against a name etched in Australian rugby history. ( read original story ...)

The city and prefecture of Osaka in Japan have declared MGM Resorts International and Orix Corp winners of their request-for-proposal (RFP) process regarding the metropolis’ tilt at a casino resort, ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN has made a stand against Beijing by stating the Chinese claimed Senkaku Islands are unquestionably Japanese territory. ( read original story ...)

The campaign to become Japan's next prime minister kicks off on Friday, with four candidates vying for leadership of the ruling party in an unusually close race. ( read original story ...)

Australia’s most-populous state, New South Wales, will trial home quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals, signaling an easing of one of the world’s most hardcore border regimes. The nation’s ... ( read original story ...)

Australia will play Japan in the southwestern city of Oita on Oct. 23 on its way to Britain for a three-test rugby tour against Scotland, England and Wales. Rugby Australia said Saturday it will be ... ( read original story ...)