US-China confrontation weighs heavily on Japan

TOKYO -- As the U.S.-China confrontation heats up ahead of a crucial showdown between their leaders next week in Argentina, other countries like Japan are finding themselves caught in the middle. ( read original story ...)

Japanese banks unite on QR code payment service

TOKYO -- Banks and regional financial institutions across Japan expect to come out with a unified smartphone payment service, perhaps in April 2020, Nikkei has learned. The envisioned service will ... ( read original story ...)

Why Japan finds coal hard to quit

"I was shocked by his expression 'join Japan,' given that the prime minister has not shown leadership in environmental policies domestically," Hirata told the Nikkei Asian Review, "and that Japan ... ( read original story ...)