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TOKYO (AP) — Officials of Japan's ministry of land and transport conducted on-site checks Monday at two factories of the automaker Subaru where unqualified workers were inspecting its cars, as reports said the company plans to recall 255,000 vehicles to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average made little headway in choppy trade on Monday, with gains in suppliers to Apple Inc offset by selling in financials and caution ahead of major central bank meetings this week. The Nikkei ended flat ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average edged down in choppy trade on Monday morning as falls in financials countered gains in Apple suppliers after shares in the iPhone maker soared on Friday. In mid-morning trade, the Nikkei dropped 0.1 ... ( read original story ...)

It reports earnings on Monday at 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT). Japan’s third-biggest steelmaker has also decided to cancel plans to pay an interim dividend for the first time in two years, the Nikkei reported. A company spokesman declined to comment on the ... ( read original story ...)

Major Japanese bank Mizuho Financial Group is considering slashing its global workforce by about one-third over a decade, reports said, as it looks to replace clerical jobs with artificial intelligence and other technology. The lender is looking at ... ( read original story ...)

As for security, Rose said the U.S. would continue to deploy its most advanced military assets in Japan. In an interview with The Nikkei following the forum, he said the U.S. would under no circumstances strike a deal recognizing North Korea as a nuclear ... ( read original story ...)

Someone has to run the Bank of Japan. A robot can't do it (yet). Haruhiko Kuroda should be reappointed to continue as governor after his current term expires in April, and comfortingly, as of last week, he easily leads the field of contenders. Prime ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese defense forces will conduct missile intercept training Tuesday in Hokkaido following North Korea's repeated firing of ballistic missiles through that airspace. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force will carry out the drill at the Erimo Sub ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan’s largest bank, is considering shrinking its domestic branch network by up to 20 percent to boost profitability, a source said Sunday. As more of the nation’s lenders struggle under extremely low interest rates ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is poised to be re-appointed as the central bank’s chief after his current term expires in April, as PM Shinzo Abe – after winning the election in a landslide – plans a very cautious economic policy ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei 225 Futures was first introduced on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 1986; on the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE ... “Japan’s Otsuka to raise $2.8 billion in record pharma IPO” on November 12, 2010, also Reuters.com published article ... ( read original story ...)

Attackers behind the malicious Ursnif banking trojan have been stepping up spam campaigns in Japan to deliver malware, security researchers have discovered. According to IBM's X-Force team, hackers have been leveraging Ursnif, also known as Gozi, against ... ( read original story ...)

Internet Photo used only for representation. A Japanese teenager is suing the government of Osaka, saying her public high school repeatedly forced her to dye her naturally-brown hair black or be banned from attending school, local media reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda looks favored to steer monetary policy for another five years after his current term runs out in April. This month's election victory by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party essentially ... ( read original story ...)

BENGALURU: Basketball is not as popular in Japan as it is in China. It comes a distant third after baseball and football. But with the latter two are mainly male-dominated sport in Japan, women have taken a keen interest in basketball. To top that, there ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda looks favored to get a second five-year term when his current one ends in April, the Nikkei business paper reported on Saturday. Following last week’s landside election win for Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)