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TOKYO (Reuters) - A two-armed robot in a Japanese factory carefully stacks rice balls in a box, which a worker carries off for shipment to convenience stores. At another food-packaging plant, a robot shakes pepper and powdered cheese over pasta that a ... ( read original story ...)

The owner of a Thai tour company has been arrested for deceiving 33 tourists left abandoned in Osaka, Japan, in early February. Tourist Police deputy chief Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal said on Thursday that Sonthaya Phosri, 35, had been arrested the day ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda ... citing difficulty carrying out his duties due to escalating criticism and attention. (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP) Fukuda's case is the latest embarrassment for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO | April 18, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) A senior Japanese finance ministry official resigned Wednesday after being accused of sexual misconduct in the latest embarrassment for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s embattled government, already hit by cronyism and ... ( read original story ...)

Trump tweets dislike for TPP while hosting Japanese PM Trump asks trade officials to look into getting back into TPP Trump said Wednesday during a joint news conference in Florida with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that if he could reach a new trade ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his country's steel and aluminum supplies "would not exert any negative influence" on the security of the United States. Abe says in a joint news conference with President Donald Trump that the quality of Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

Trump and Abe are scheduled to hold a news conference Wednesday evening before the president and first lady host the Japanese delegations for dinner. Abe secured a commitment from Trump on Tuesday to raise with Kim the issue of Japanese citizens abducted ... ( read original story ...)

(Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP) Fukuda acknowledged having regular one-on-one meetings with members of the finance ministry press club — most of whom work for major Japanese newspapers and broadcast companies — but denied making such remarks. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO | April 17, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) Japan’s trade surplus with the U.S. grew nearly 6 percent in the fiscal year through March, the first increase in two years, according to data released Wednesday, The trade figures were reported as Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)

It was yet another sign that the United States was acting independently of Japan, its strongest ally in Asia. Mr. Abe originally planned his trip to meet Mr. Trump after news last month that Mr. Trump had accepted an invitation to meet Mr. Kim for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The governor of Japan's Niigata prefecture, home to the world's largest nuclear power plant, resigned on Wednesday, saying he hoped to avoid political turmoil over an impending magazine article about his relations with women. News that ... ( read original story ...)

"While Japan and South Korea would like us to go back into TPP, I don't like the deal for the United States," he tweeted. "Too many contingencies and no way to get out if it doesn't work. Bilateral deals are far more efficient, profitable and better for ... ( read original story ...)

Some casinos have logged sales of at least 200 million yen in the course of about 18 months. The prefectural police are poised to further clamp down on internet casinos. (Japanese original by Tsuyoshi Fujita, Osaka City News Department) ( read original story ...)

However, there might be one other special bond – forged after World War II, turning bitter enemies into the closest of allies – that is even more important today: the one between America and Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began two days of ... ( read original story ...)

Trump and Abe will also hold a joint news conference before the Trumps host the Japanese delegations for dinner. Abe will return to Japan on Thursday morning. Golf is not on the official schedule, but senior administration officials didn't rule it out ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's justice minister has apologised for the authorities ... which authorities are unable to enter without warrants. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa apologised, saying: "I have heard the incident has caused ... ( read original story ...)