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The two sides also have a longstanding territorial dispute over a group of islands controlled by South Korea and claimed by Japan. Seoul and Tokyo have attempted to establish better ties before. In ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo officially opens a new Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base with missile units this week on Ishigaki in the nation’s southern island chain. ( read original story ...)

Masatoshi Ito, the Japanese billionaire who turned 7-Eleven convenience stores into a global empire, has died aged 98, closing the chapter on one of Asia's most storied retail entrepreneurs. ( read original story ...)

President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to meet with a group of Japanese college students during his visit to Tokyo this week to highlight the benefit of his administration's solution to the issue of wartime ... ( read original story ...)

The location was also chosen for a good reason. Marunouchi is one of Japan — and Asia’s — largest business districts, located alongside the second busiest train station in the world, and home to some ... ( read original story ...)

He introduced the American chain 7-Eleven to the country, covering the landscape with thousands of outlets and starting a retail revolution there. ( read original story ...)

Clearly, the markets the past year have been characterized by a fairly unstable market environment, including inflationary pressures, upward pressure on interest rates, rising geopolitical and ... ( read original story ...)

Dropping the mask-wearing request is one of the last steps Japan's government is taking in easing COVID-19 rules in public places as it tries to expand business and other activity. "From today, mask ... ( read original story ...)

Dropping the mask-wearing request is one of the last steps Japan’s government is taking in easing Covid-19 rules in public places as it tries to expand business and other activity. ( read original story ...)

Japan on Monday dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years, but hardly anything changed in the country that has had an extremely high regard for their effectiveness at anti-virus ... ( read original story ...)

The smiles and screams at Tokyo Disneyland may be more obvious on Monday as the amusement park and much of Japan relaxes face mask norms that have defined the three-year COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

A summit between President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, in Tokyo next week will open a new chapter in the two countries' bilateral relationship, First Vice Foreign ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd said on Thursday it will close an additional 14 Ito-Yokado supermarket stores in Japan and fully exit from the apparel business as part of its structural reform plan. ( read original story ...)

Seven & i Holdings Co., the operator of the Seven-Eleven convenience store chain, said Thursday it will cut the number of its Ito-Yok ... ( read original story ...)

A young man licked a soy sauce bottle in a restaurant, in one of several cases that have provoked a national wave of revulsion. ( read original story ...)

Japan's ispace Inc., aiming to be the first commercial company to land a probe on the moon, announced on Wednesday an initial public offering of its shares. The start-up is authorized to list 200 ... ( read original story ...)