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Japan has set aside $92 billion in emergency budget reserves to prepare for a "protracted war" against the novel coronavirus, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Monday, detailing some spending from the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's current account surplus in April plunged 84.2 percent from a year earlier as exports and spending by foreign visitors nosediv ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter, revised data showed on Monday, but the broad impact from the coronavirus crisis is still expected to send the country deeper ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter but the broad impact from the coronavirus crisis is still expected to send the country deeper into recession. A series of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan should focus on back-stopping struggling businesses rather than trying to spark overall demand in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, its economy minister said, suggesting the central bank should ... ( read original story ...)

Stocks in Japan were set to trade higher at the open on Monday after U.S. jobs data released Friday hadan unexpected jump, spurring hopes of an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

March, less than the initial estimate of a 3.4% contraction, revised data from the Cabinet Office showed Monday. ( read original story ...)

The governor of Tokyo has questioned whethe Games can go ahead next year without an international deal on travel and quarantine. She has also called for possible cuts ... ( read original story ...)

In America, masks have become a weapon in the culture wars. In Japan, wearing one is no big deal, and deaths have stayed low. ( read original story ...)

In the popular history of World War II, the assertion that the United States was caught unprepared in Hawaii and the Philippines has become widely accepted as fact. However, in the case of the ... ( read original story ...)

The explosive rise in the shares of Cyber Security Cloud have given a company with 45 employees a market capitalisation of around $800m. It listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers board on March ... ( read original story ...)

These bombers maybe could have hurt Japan's air force at Formosa. But then again, not all of the bombers were ready and it may have backfired. Ever since word of the disaster in the Philippines ... ( read original story ...)

The latest policy announcement from Mizuho, Japan’s second-largest bank, shows clearly that Japanese banks now recognize climate change as a risk that needs to be governed from the very top. SMBC ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is among a small number of countries trying to find a way to restart education — under restrictions and with emergency plans to close again if the virus finds a foothold. At Hoyonomori Gakuen, a ... ( read original story ...)

Still nimble-fingered pensioner Hamako Mori holds Guinness world record as oldest gaming YouTuber ... ( read original story ...)