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On March 12, the Sapporo District Court handed psychiatrist Osamu Tamura a 16-month prison term, suspended for four years. The sentence was well short of the 10-year term sought by the prosecution. ( read original story ...)

Authorities aim to 'gentrify' Kamagasaki, once Japan's largest day-labor market, by displacing the numerous homeless who have sought refuge there. ( read original story ...)

The Future City Pavilion of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai was completed. 12 Japanese leading manufacturers and organizations showcases their innovations for the future society. ( read original story ...)

Osaka should reconsider its plan to dismantle all pavilions at the upcoming Expo 2025 given the enduring legacy of its first expo 55 years ago, writes Paul French. On 14 April, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai ... ( read original story ...)

For the second year in a row, Naomi Osaka and Liudmila Samsonova faced off in the second round of the Miami Open presented by Itaú. And for the second year in a row, former World No. 1 Osaka came away ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.0% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, staying above the central bank's 2% target and reinforcing market expectations of further ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core inflation beat expectations and came in at 3% in February, government data showed on Friday, bolstering the case for further interest rate hikes. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s consumer inflation slowed in February thanks to the government’s reintroduction of energy subsidies but remained well above the Bank of Japan’s target of 2%. ( read original story ...)

More than three-quarters of Japanese companies have no plan to pull back from promoting workplace diversity and decarbonisation despite recent policy changes in the United States, a Reuters survey ... ( read original story ...)

Japan lost its edge in chips decades ago — to chip designers in the US and manufacturers in Taiwan and South Korea. Since the 1990s, the gap has only widened. The world’s most advanced silicon, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Japan is the first non-host country to qualify for the event. ( read original story ...)

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo struck in the second half to earn Hajime Moriyasu's side a 2-0 win over Bahrain at Saitama ... ( read original story ...)