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"Japan has not intervened in the currency market under Abenomics ... It stood around 110.60 yen in volatile market on Friday in Asia after news of U.S. missile strikes on Syria. [FRX/] Since Trump's election victory in November, the dollar has rallied ... ( read original story ...)

Article Continued Below “The time is right for Japan to finally catch up now with the Olympics just around the corner,” Bettcher said at a news conference. He said it was a “golden opportunity for Japan to better protect its people from the deadly ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A senior World Health Organization official says Japan should ban smoking in all public places if it wants to successfully promote tourism and host the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Japan is often known as a smoker's paradise. The health ministry is ... ( read original story ...)

Artisans transform Yokohama tires into a range of interesting products. Yokohama Tire is celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary by demonstrating how Yokohama performance can enhance even non-tire items such as a surfboard, saddle and racing shoes. ( read original story ...)

Meeting planners can include a “spa day” as visits to onsen resorts are viable day-trip incentives from Osaka. Arima Onsen is one of the oldest onsen (hot spring) towns in Japan, founded 1,300 years ago. Located in a mountain setting, it’s just 45 ... ( read original story ...)

One Polish artist has immortalised Tokyo’s disappearing shopfronts in a series of watercolours. The Tokyo shopfronts series are capturing the old buildings of the city. Image by Mateusz Urbanowicz When Mateusz Urbanowicz moved to Tokyo in 2013 to begin ... ( read original story ...)

A former Tokyo deputy governor has denied allegations that he falsely ... for negotiations on its relocation after July 2001. Hamauzu said he will hold a news conference next Monday to counter the allegations and tell “all that I know regarding the ... ( read original story ...)

A panel studying Japan’s response to North Korea’s rapidly expanding nuclear/missile capabilities has recommended that Japan be equipped to retaliate should the North launch a ballistic missile at its heartland. The announcement was made March 30 and ... ( read original story ...)

REUTERS: The International Surfing Association is confident the sport's Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games will be a success despite some minor concerns over conditions, ISA president Fernando Aguerre said on Wednesday. The surfing competition will take ... ( read original story ...)

After Viz Media's sales and marketing senior director Kevin Hamric's interview became inadvertently controversial, there is still no certainty as to when "Tokyo Ghoul" season 3 will arrive. Many "Tokyo Ghoul" fans jubilated when Hamric said in an interview ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 41-year-old man who allegedly licked the face of a school girl inside an apartment building in Adachi Ward last month, reports Nippon News Network (Apr. 6). On March 7 at 4:30 p.m., Ryuichi Ishida, a temporary ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve meeting minutes suggested the US central bank was considering tightening monetary policy. The minutes of the March meeting hinted that the Fed could move more ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Asian stocks were mostly lower Thursday, as the region nervously watched for market-moving news from the first meeting between the U.S. and Chinese leaders. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.3 per cent in morning trading to 18,606 ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – The city of Osaka has officially recognized a same-sex couple as foster parents, becoming the first municipality in the nation to do so, according to municipal and central government officials. The city government formally recognized two men in ... ( read original story ...)

"The Pokemon Go effect is huge," he told Japanese news website Dot (in Japanese). "I hope we can continue at this pace with zero suicides." Vicki Skorji, director of Tell Lifeline, a counselling and mental health service for Japan's international community ... ( read original story ...)

"If they qualify for the Olympics it will be the top story. It will be front page. It's very big news in Japan," Nagai said. She has two deadlines a day because of the time change — one file in the morning and a day recap at night. People can't get ... ( read original ...