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Autonomous vehicle maker Cruise, General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Honda (NYSE:HMC) plan to bring self-driving taxi service in Japan, starting in central Tokyo in early 2026. The three companies plan to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo lodged diplomatic protests with Beijing this week after a Chinese research vessel was spotted in its exclusive economic zone near disputed islets in the East China Sea. ( read original story ...)

Market watchers here said Tokyo stocks fell throughout the day, with the Nikkei briefly losing 2 percent in the afternoon, as investors offloaded technology issues, such as semiconductor and ... ( read original story ...)

Halloween revelry around Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing has grown too scary for its own good, but can "saying 'Don't come here'" keep a lid on it? ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet is set to approve a scheduled economic stimulus package on Nov. 2, later than the previously planned late October timeframe, two government and ruling ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's largest labour organisation Rengo is set to demand wage hikes totalling 5% or more, its internal documents showed on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Hiratsuka, Japan—The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it is supplying its BluEarth AE-01 tires as original equipment (OE) to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. for use on the automaker’s new mini-vehicle, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has reported its exports climbed 4.3% in September from a year earlier while imports sank 16.3%, leaving a positive balance of 62.4 trillion yen ($410 billion), the first monthly trade surplus ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan offered a more optimistic view of regional economies on Thursday, saying wage hikes were broadening, underscoring its growing conviction of progress towards achieving an inflation ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is urging Saudi Arabia and other oil producing nations to increase supplies to stabilize the global oil market, the chief cabinet secretary said on Thursday, as rising fuel prices amid the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s government plans to have prison inmates process scallops for export to overcome a bottleneck arising from China’s ban on imported seafood from its neighbor, according to a Mainichi newspaper ... ( read original story ...)

Shares have tumbled in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street after big U.S. companies delivered mixed profit reports and Treasury yields added pressure on stocks. ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports grew for the first time in three months in September, amid signs of resilience in overseas markets, but a worsening conflict in the Middle East and slowdown in China cloud the outlook ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports hit a record level in September, climbing for the first time in three months as automakers revved up shipments to the U.S. and Europe, unshackled from a global chip shortage that had ... ( read original story ...)