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President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that a Japanese tech conglomerate will make a multi-billion dollar investment in the U.S. and claimed it will create scores of new jobs in artificial intelligence tech. ( read original story ...)

Paul Watson, an anti-whaling activist who found fame on the television show Whale Wars, was arrested in Greenland earlier this year under a Japanese arrest warrant. ( read original story ...)

Japan had asked Denmark to extradite Watson, who had been in custody in Greenland since his arrest this summer. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Hangzhou Qiantang Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd plant in China. Yokohama Rubber intends for the factory to begin operations in 2026 with an initial production capacity of 9 million passenger car tyres a year, ( read original story ...)

By Yuka Obayashi and Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan wants renewable energy to account for up to 50% of its electricity mix by fiscal year 2040 with nuclear power taking up another 20%, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan had issued an international warrant for Watson's arrest, seeking him on charges of breaking into a Japanese vessel in the Antarctic Ocean in 2010, obstructing its business and causing injury as ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government will review the use of the term for subcontractor, or "shitauke," as it implies an unequal relationship between buyer and supplier. ( read original story ...)

Japan wants renewable energy to be its top power source by 2040 in a push to reduce dependence on coal and gas and become carbon neutral by mid-century, government plans showed on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Japan is getting its pitch across to US President-elect Donald Trump for continued strong relations, even as its unpopular prime minister stays home to deal with an unstable political situation. ( read original story ...)

President-elect Donald Trump joined SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort Monday to announce plans by the Japanese company to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next ... ( read original story ...)

The head coach of an elementary school volleyball team who was suspended for physical punishment against children was given access to practic ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers in Japan have demonstrated the high accuracy of their newly developed typhoon observation device, which is designed to drop from an ( read original story ...)

Japan's creepiest abandoned love hotel has a few surprises... Hidden into a small village of abandoned Japanese hotels near Nagoya, the most surprising thing is how quickly this place fell apart. Not to ( read original story ...)

Space startups in Japan and India said on Tuesday they had agreed to jointly study using laser-equipped satellites to remove debris from orbit, an experimental approach to the increasingly imminent problem of orbital congestion. ( read original story ...)

The vehicles will be driven manually for the purposes of gathering mapping data and will be managed by a local taxi fleet operator, Nihon Kotsu. About 25 vehicles will be sent, with the first set to arrive in early 2025. ( read original story ...)

Year by year, sexual assaults and other major crimes committed against children by strangers they met over social media are occurring more ... ( read original story ...)