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Naomi Osaka should place no limits on her ambitions as she has the potential to become a tennis great, says coach Sascha Bajin. The 21-year-old claimed her first grand slam title at the US Open last m... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A top market official acknowledged Tuesday that the recent move of Japan's main fish market from Tsukiji to a site found contaminated by arsenic could have been better handled. "I can't say t... ( read original story ...)

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Yokohama India has launched its new-generation RV-02 tyre pattern under the BluEarth series tyre brand. According to the company, the touring tyre is engineered for low noise with excellent wet perfor... ( read original story ...)

“Before you let in foreigners, you should deal with Japan’s unemployed. We want them to use tax money to do that,” Okamura told Bloomberg News. “Then, we would have Japanese people looking after the e... ( read original story ...)

Japan and New Zealand agreed on Monday to continue to cooperate on regional security issues, particularly through maritime surveillance of illegal North Korean ship-to-ship transfers. Foreign Minister ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his New Zealand counterpart ... in the South China Sea for the sake of peace in "our part of the world," Kyodo News reported. The two sides said they would purs... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pledged to go ahead with an increase in the national sales tax next October. Abe said the government will consider tax breaks for durable ... ( read original story ...)

The man accused of killing a Japanese student in Vancouver has pleaded ... This is a developing news story and will be updated as information becomes available. ( read original story ...)

The head coach of China Lang Ping (top) gives instructions during the Pool H match against the United States at the 2018 Volleyball Women's World Championship in Nagoya, Japan, Oct. 14, 2018. (Xinhua/ ... ( read original story ...)

While traveling Japan, Veillon visited a couple of abandoned theme parks ... they closed all the building and cut all the vegetation," says Veillon. "So, I think it means some news is coming, I just h... ( read original story ...)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Japan’s foreign minister has raised concerns about the high levels of debt accrued by some Pacific Island nations and says it wants to help resolve the problem. ( read original story ...)

Japan is expected to announce on Monday that it will raise the consumption tax to 10 per cent from the current 8 per cent in October 2019, in an effort to address its huge public debt. The world’s thi... ( read original story ...)

ASAKA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his pledge Sunday to push for a revision to the country's war-renouncing constitution, in which he wants the military explicitly mentioned. Sp... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit China from Oct. 25 to 27 in the first official visit by a Japanese leader in seven years, China said on Friday, as the United States steps up t... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - While U.S. President Donald Trump appears to wage a trade "Cold War" on China, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will promote a thaw with Beijing at a summit this month where busine... ( read original story ...)