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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that he would closely watch the United States’ move to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese goods. Aso made the comment just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japan Fair Trade Commission said on Friday that it would press criminal charges against four construction firms for suspected collusion over contracts for an $80 billion high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train line. ( read original story ...)

Look for Yokohama at this year's Easter Jeep Safari, March 24-April 1 in Moab, Utah. As one of the sponsors of this spectacular wheeling event, Yokohama will have its semi-trailer in the Vendor Expo area featuring the rugged GEOLANDAR® tires, including ... ( read original story ...)

March 22, 2018 10:42am EDT March 22, 2018 10:42am EDT Tennis, WTA, News, English, WTA Tour, Features, WTA Miami Open, Naomi Osaka The WTA Tour has a new superstar in Naomi Osaka, the 20-year-old making it eight wins in a row by beating Serena Williams. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police and disaster officials said Thursday that seven of them who couldn't walk were airlifted. Six others hiked down escorted by rescue workers. (Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP) Holidaymakers were hit by unanticipated snow in Tokyo on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)

Reigning Indian Wells champion Naomi Osaka continued her run of spectacular form on Tuesday, routing Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Miami Open. Williams, an eight-time champion in Miami, is 2-2 since returning to the tour in February ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Indian Wells champion Naomi Osaka defeated 23-times grand slam champion Serena Williams 6-3 6-2 in the Miami Open first round on Wednesday, the latest big win for the emerging 20-year-old Japanese player. The pair were on serve in the first set ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka dumped Serena Williams out of the Miami Open in fabulous fashion as she continued her remarkable recent run of form. The world No. 22 beat the legendary 36-year-old in straight sets to back up her stunning victory at Indian Wells and set up ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka stunned the returning Serena Williams in the first round at the Miami Open on Wednesday, adding the 23-time grand slam winner to her growing list of scalps. Williams was playing only her second tournament since giving birth to her first child ... ( read original story ...)

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Serena Williams lost in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday, still rusty in her return from pregnancy and unable to overcome a tough draw against Naomi Osaka, who won 6-3, 6-2. The 20-year-old Osaka, who earned her first ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi in University Place plans to open March 27. Its owners have spent eight months turning the space that previously held Chinese restaurant Jade Palace into a 198-seat restaurant serving teppanyaki, which is a multi-course ... ( read original story ...)

At a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, a thirty-something Japanese man blushes bright red after matching with a more-stoic woman at a marriage-hunting party. In another part of the capital, whose metropolitan area has a bigger population than Canada’s, a student ... ( read original story ...)

Thirteen Japanese cult members may be sent to the gallows any day ... "I want to follow through to the very end," Takahashi said at a recent news conference. Her wish is unlikely to be granted. Even prisoners sent to the gallows are not notified until ... ( read original story ...)

So it’s interesting and worth analyzing the news conference as a whole,” Izumi said. Suimon and Isami presented their latest findings to a meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI) on Tuesday. The pair studied together at the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan’s two new deputy governors pledged on Tuesday to meet the central bank’s 2 percent inflation target as soon as possible, but both showed signs of willing to be flexible on monetary policy. Masazumi Wakatabe ... ( read original story ...)

“The world understands the Syrian situation - it’s getting worse. But the Japanese court hasn’t understood that at all,” one of the plaintiffs, Joude Yousuf, told a news conference. Speaking in Arabic through a Japanese interpreter, Yousuf said he ... ( read original story ...)