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Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery have agreed to a deal for a May fight in Tokyo for Inoue's undisputed junior featherweight championship, sources told ESPN. ( read original story ...)

Japan plans to expand its budget reserves for fiscal 2024/25 to support recovery from the Noto peninsula earthquake, Minister of Finance Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday. The cabinet earlier on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka says she has returned to tennis from maternity leave with a more positive outlook and all the signs are that she will soon be back at a level where she can take on and beat the best in the ... ( read original story ...)

Her Journey to Finding Her Power and her Voice by Ben Rothenberg will be released ahead of the 2024 Australian Open. ( read original story ...)

Investors will be expecting inflation numbers for Japan's capital city of Tokyo, which are a leading indicator to nationwide inflation. ( read original story ...)

Consumer price gains in Tokyo slowed for a second month in December, in a sign that cost-push inflation may be easing while thrifty consumers also cut back on discretionary outlays. ( read original story ...)

Japanese household spending in November fell 2.9% from a year earlier, down for nine months in a row, government data showed on Tuesday. That was worse than the median market forecast for a 2.3% ... ( read original story ...)

A post-pandemic surge in international travelers, coupled with weak exchange rates, may have indirectly ended one of Japan's most beloved travel deals: the Japan Rail Pass.Prices for the JR Pass, as ... ( read original story ...)

When a storm quickly arrived, he was enjoying a conversation with the temple’s monk instead of getting soaked on the path home. He saw the encounter as divine proof that the temple was blessed with a ... ( read original story ...)

A WSU Alum living and working in Japan is thankful that the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked the country did not put him in danger. But he experienced the shaking firsthand – and as a paraplegic, ... ( read original story ...)

Amanda Anisimova and Naomi Osaka have had similar journeys surrounding their mental health over the last few years. Both professional tennis players took ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s Haneda airport is almost back to its normal operation Monday as it reopened the runway a week after a fatal collision between a Japan Airlines airliner and a coast guard aircraft seen to have ... ( read original story ...)

When a storm quickly arrived, he was enjoying a conversation with the temple’s monk instead of getting soaked on the path home. He saw the encounter as divine proof that the temple was blessed with a lucky cat and later funded a renovation of the temple in 1633. ( read original story ...)

The massive New Year's Day earthquake in western Japan's Ishikawa region has left residents questioning the future of one entire towns' existence. ( read original story ...)

STORY: A week after a major earthquake struck the west coast of Japan, thousands of people are still without water or power - and are yet to be told when plans to rebuild will begin. Japan’s Prime ... ( read original story ...)

It has been called the “18-minute miracle.” That was the period from 5:47 p.m. on Jan. 2 that changed the lives of 379 passengers and crew on JAL Flight 516 from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido to ... ( read original story ...)