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Japan will offer up to $10 billion in additional assistance to support decarbonisation in Asia, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Former Japanese tennis star Kimiko Date has claimed compatriot Naomi Osaka "takes her media obligations too seriously." Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, is currently taking a self-imposed break ... ( read original story ...)

Princess Mako and Prince Harry both decided to leave royal life behind for love. But her "dramatic exit" is the only similarity between the two. ( read original story ...)

The developed world's $100 billion climate financing target could be met a year earlier than expected, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Tuesday, citing new commitments made earlier in the day by ... ( read original story ...)

Modern pentathlon has secretly voted to replace horse riding with cycling to preserve its Olympic status after Tokyo scandal ... ( read original story ...)

The leader of Japan's main opposition party announced his resignation Tuesday after an election drubbing that saw him fail to capitalise on public dissatisfaction with the ruling party's pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo—The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. Has completed the sale of its sealing and adhesive materials business, Hamatite, to Swiss-based speciality chemicals company Sika Group. The business has now been ... ( read original story ...)

A former day care teacher at a private authorized facility in the east Japan city of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, was arrested on Nov. ( read original story ...)

China has urged its citizens to stock up on daily necessities in case of emergency; Japan will gradually ease border restrictions amid dramatically falling Covid cases ... ( read original story ...)

A drifter who admired the Joker from Batman and dressed as him to carry out a Halloween attack on a Tokyo train "wanted to kill lots of people" and planned his moves over months, buying a knife to use ... ( read original story ...)

Yukio Edano, the head of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, said on Tuesday he would step down to take responsibility for the loss of parliamentary seats in Sunday's lower house ... ( read original story ...)

Hirofumi Yoshimura is a fresh-faced politician lauded after his party nearly quadrupled their seats in Japan's latest general election. ( read original story ...)

Japan on Tuesday confirmed plans to gradually ease COVID-19 border restrictions, but fell short of calls from business lobbies to open up the country in line with its major trading partners. ( read original story ...)

While Japan’s not yet ready to welcome foreign tourists back, prospects are finally looking up for stocks related to the country’s beleaguered travel industry. ( read original story ...)

A man dressed as the Joker was arrested after an alleged knife attack on a train in Japan that injured at least 17 people. NBC News’ Matt Bradley explains. ( read original story ...)

Japan is considering easing its Covid-era entry restrictions for visitors on short business trips, foreign students and technical trainee workers, the Nikkei reported without citing how it obtained ... ( read original story ...)