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A powerful typhoon tore through South Korea's southern industrial hubs on Tuesday, leaving at least two people dead, 10 missing and thousands displaced, authorities said. ( read original story ...)

Public opposition to ceremony grows over cost to taxpayer and ex-PM’s ties to Unification church ... ( read original story ...)

Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member widened Tuesday as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi in a case involving suspected payments from a ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese prosecutors arrested again on Tuesday a former member of the Tokyo 2020 board implicated in a bribery scandal around the Olympic Games, on allegations he received bribes from a sponsor ... ( read original story ...)

People took to the streets in 10 cities across Japan on Sept. 4 to protest against issues including moves to amend the Immigration Control a ... ( read original story ...)

People take to the streets with Wayomi Sandamali, who is holding a photo of her older sister Wishma who died at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Servic ... ( read original story ...)

Haruyuki Takahashi, a former member of the Tokyo 2020 board and a central figure in a growing bribery scandal around the Games, was arrested again on Tuesday on fresh allegations he received bribes ... ( read original story ...)

A 36-year-old woman who is believed to have given birth at home in the Japanese capital on Sept. 5 was arrested the same day for allegedly ab ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will spend about 1.65 billion yen ($12 million) on the state funeral planned for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to the government's new estimate on Tuesday that includes security ... ( read original story ...)

Actively managed exchange traded funds are expected to debut in Japan next year, as the country attempts to reignite interest from investors who have had access to passive ETFs for more than two ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's real wages extended their slide to a fourth straight month in July, government data showed on Tuesday, as the biggest jump in consumer prices in more than seven years outpaced a much more ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's household spending extended growth in July for a second straight month despite a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, but inflationary pressures from the yen's slump to a 24-year-low have cast doubt ... ( read original story ...)

The memorial museum here for the late Shoichi Yokoi, a former Japanese soldier who lived in the mountains of Guam for 28 years without knowi ... ( read original story ...)

NSW Production Touring Cars has announced Yokohama as the new control tyre manufacturer for the category from the start of the 2023 season, in a two-year exclusive supply arrangement. From the start ... ( read original story ...)

The Mayor of Sapporo Katsuhiro Akimoto has cancelled a planned visit to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, where he ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese prosecutors have raided the offices of advertising firm Daiko as part of the investigation into alleged bribery within the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, according to reports. ( read original story ...)