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For Nok, the country represented the furthest he could travel in Asia without getting a plane. He arrived by ferry in the southwestern city of Fukuoka last month and then meandered his way to Tokyo on Nov. 7, 274 days after leaving home. By comparison, a direct flight from Cairo to Tokyo takes about 12 ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Thursday that the two countries will maintai ( read original story ...)

The theme park Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in the city of Osaka announced on November 12 that it will open "Donkey Kong Country," a new area themed on Nintendo's popular game series, on December 11. ( read original story ...)

A 37-year-old man suspected of being the ringleader of a burglary group linked to dark part-time jobs and two other men were arrested for breaking into the home of an Osaka company executive, the ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man to two and a half years in prison, suspended for four years, for stealing a pure gold matcha bowl valued at ¥10.4 million ($66,500) from a department store exhibition earlier this year. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co (JP:5101) has released an update. Yokohama Rubber Co. has completed a share repurchase to enhance capital efficiency as part ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber Co (JP:5101) has released an update. Yokohama Rubber Co. reported a robust 13.1% increase in sales revenue for the first nine ... ( read original story ...)

Japan welcomed nearly 27 million visitors through September, a record pace, and their spending added 5.86 trillion yen ($37.5 billion) to the economy. But incidents of vandalism, public drunkenness, and "overtourism" at popular sites have sparked debate about how to handle the flood of visitors and those who flout the rules. ( read original story ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will deliver a speech and hold a news conference in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Monday, the BOJ said, an event that will be closely watched ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, lifted by rises in exporter shares on a weaker yen and financial issues on prospects for improved ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded by an annualised 0.9% over the July-September quarter, government data showed on Friday, slowing from the previous three months due to tepid capital spending. The slower ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese economy managed to continue growing for a second straight quarter thanks to a recovery in consumption. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded an annualised 0.9% in the July-September quarter, government data showed on Friday, compared with a median market forecast for a 0.7% increase. ( read original story ...)

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for carving letters into a wooden gate at a shrine in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to spend a fall afternoon, immersed in Japanese material culture and the Edo, Meiji and Showa eras of Japanese history, encompassing the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries. ( read original story ...

From Nissan to Seven & i, Japan’s landscape for deals is making for some once-unthinkable alliances. But not every deal should be welcomed. ( read original story ...)