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Core consumer prices in Tokyo fell for the first time in three years in April, a sign that slumping energy costs and weak demand due to the coronavirus pandemic are heightening the risk of a return to ... ( read original story ...)

A state of emergency is in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but under Japanese law it can only request compliance - not demand it. ( read original story ...)

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday lauded Japan's plans to spend about 20% of its gross domestic product to respond to the economic challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and boost IMF ... ( read original story ...)

Major markets across the region, including China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Singapore, are closed on Friday for holidays. ( read original story ...)

Japan will formally decide as early as Monday whether to extend its state of emergency over the novel coronavirus, which was originally set to end on May 6, public broadcaster NHK said. ( read original story ...)

The company that owns Universal theme parks around the world says it’s delaying construction on a fourth theme park in Florida ... ( read original story ...)

Ken Shimura inspired a generation of Japanese, reminding them not to be so serious and to always look for laughs, even in the most difficult of circumstances. ( read original story ...)

Japan's parliament on Thursday passed an emergency budget worth around $240 billion, including cash handouts for every resident, in a bid to counter the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

With the initial month-long period coming to an end next week after the country's annual Golden Week holidays, local media reported that Abe was now expected to extend the measure, either until the ... ( read original story ...)

Funeral operators in Japan have recently been offering online services for bereaved families to mourn their loved ones remotely, ami ... ( read original story ...)

A state of emergency is in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but under Japanese law it can only request compliance - not demand it. ( read original story ...)

Shinzo Abe has given the starkest warning yet that the rearranged Tokyo Olympics next year might have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic is not contained ... ( read original story ...)

Parliament passed a $240 billion spending plan that includes cash payments of nearly $1,000 to every person in Japan, following the U.S. in opening the public purse wide to address the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (8306.T) said on Thursday it had cut its annual net profit estimate for the year ended in March to 520 billion yen ($4.9 billion) from 750 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines' annual net profit plunged nearly 65 percent, the company said Thursday, as it faced the "unprecedented" impact of the coronavirus pandemic on aviation demand. JAL said net profit for ... ( read original story ...)

Gilead Sciences said preliminary results of a coronavirus drug trial showed at least 50% of patients treated with a five-day dosage of remdesivir improved and more than half were discharged from the ... ( read original story ...)