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Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa intends to visit the United States again on May 30 for a fourth round of trade talks, just one week after this weekend's visit, two sources familiar with ... ( read original story ...)

Hiroko Suzuki's father threaded the needle of a U.S. trade war by pushing the family auto-parts business into newer niche products. Now, tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are so sweeping ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April, data showed on Friday, raising the odds of another interest rate hike by year-end. ( read original story ...)

The core inflation figure was higher than expectations of 3.4%. Headline inflation climbed 3.6% from a year ago. Japan's core inflation accelerated to 3.5% in April, government data showed on Friday, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's new Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday he aimed to get rice on store shelves for under 3,000 yen ($20.86) for a 5-kg bag, Jiji reported. ( read original story ...)

An All Nippon Airways plane wrongly entered a closed area at Hiroshima Airport after landing there late Thursday, resulting in passengers having to disembark on mobile boarding stairs. The incident ... ( read original story ...)

Wildlife Studios and Winners Alliance today announced a major licensing partnership, bringing Naomi Osaka and other stars to the hit mobile game Tennis Clash. Tennis Clash has been played by more than ... ( read original story ...)

Adult day service facilities usually look after seniors requiring care during the day to give caregiver family members a break. In Tokyo, how ... ( read original story ...)

Treasury yield has grabbed the lion’s share of attention lately when it comes to signaling how the U.S. fiscal outlook is rattling investors. Yet there’s another less-talked-about factor weighing on sentiment that is coming from overseas: the tumultuous rise in the bond yields of Japan. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama bought the OTR plant in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, for $35 million after previous owner Eurotire Inc.'s bankruptcy. ( read original story ...)

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have developed an interface that creates "virtual sorting nanomachines" without the need to manufacture actual devices. ( read original story ...)

Disgraced former Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer is still clinging to hopes of a Major League Baseball comeback. But the 34-year-old's numbers in ... ( read original story ...)

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, which is still a staple even though total consumption has fallen over the ... ( read original story ...)

Business activity in Europe and Japan declined in May, while the U.S. saw a rebound as changes in tariffs continued to have unpredictable consequences for the global economy. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s air force chief has confirmed the deaths of two service members whose training aircraft crashed last week ... ( read original story ...)

Find out how to watch, live stream, TV channel, tournament information, & more for Naomi Osaka vs. Paula Badosa at the 2025 Roland Garros. ( read original story ...)