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Alaska Air Group plans to grow profit by $1 billion and expand routes to other corners of the world, the company revealed Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

A research group led by Atsushi Noro at Nagoya University in Japan has announced a novel design concept for fuel cell electrolytes, utilizing a phosphonic acid polymer with hydrocarbon spacers. This ... ( read original story ...)

Yoshihide Suga, who succeeded Shinzo Abe as Japan’s prime minister, will face the increasingly difficult challenge of balancing the country’s relationship with the U.S. and China as tensions between the two escalate. ( read original story ...)

Week Global, a nonprofit, conducted global trials in 2022 on the four-day work week, showing improved mental and physical health, better work-life balance, reduced stress, and higher life satisfaction. ( read original story ...)

UnitedHealthCare CEO shooting suspect said banning maid cafés, adult toys, and conveyor belt sushi would reverse population decline. ( read original story ...)

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The airline is offering a $29 same-day luggage delivery service to help ease congestion on Tokyo's crowded trains as visitors keep flocking to Japan. ( read original story ...)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with officials in Japan on Tuesday to reaffirm the importance of their alliance and Washington's commitment to regional security as threats rise from China and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 40-year-old administrative officer at the Prime Minister’s Office for sexually assaulting two middle school girls in Yokohama City earlier this ... ( read original story ...)

During his first trial hearing in October, Kentaro Kitagawa said he would not contest the rape allegation, expressing deep remorse. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo will implement a four-day workweek for government employees next year to encourage young people to get married and start families. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo government plans to introduce a four-day workweek for its employees in an attempt to support young families and boost record-low fertility rates nationwide. ( read original story ...)

Three part-time lecturers at J. F. Oberlin University in the suburban Tokyo city of Machida staged a walkout and cut their classes short on D ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s fertility rate is critically low at 1.2, with Tokyo’s at 0.99, far below the 2.1 rate required to stabilize the population. Despite past measures like parental leave, daycare subsidies, cash ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, a woman with a venereal disease 'Sadoc' was mistakenly judged 'negative', causing the community to be nervous.This is because concerns about addit ... ( read original story ...)

A former head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office accused of raping a drunk female subordinate in 2018 changed his plea t ... ( read original story ...)