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Nippon Steel Corp, Japan's biggest steelmaker, said on Friday it will spend 49 billion yen ($450 million) to renovate its No.3 blast furnace at Nagoya Works in central Japan in 2022 to boost stability ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's first quarter economic contraction was likely smaller than initially estimated, a Reuters poll showed, thanks to stronger business spending although the country is still expected to slide ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has kept its deaths from the new coronavirus low despite a series of missteps that beg the question of whether it can prevent future waves ... ( read original story ...)

Had the war not come, Japan would have bankrupt itself spending on these massive ships. Japan lacked the industrial capacity to compete with the United States; indeed, even if it had managed to seize ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo 2020 executive board member said on Friday that organisers will need to monitor the coronavirus situation until next spring to decide whether to hold the Summer Olympics next year, Kyodo News ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is likely to scrap events marking a year to go until the postponed 2020 Olympic Games, fearing a celebration would be inappropriate during the coronavirus pandemic, Japanese media said Friday. K ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo 2020 executive board member said on Friday organisers will need to monitor the novel coronavirus situation until next spring before deciding whether to go ahead with the Summer Olympics, Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's household spending slumped again in April, falling 11.1 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Friday, as the world's third-largest economy struggled with the impact of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's household spending suffered the biggest annual drop on record in April as lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus kept consumers home and businesses shut, although the fall was not as ... ( read original story ...)

NEWS BRIEFING BY TOKYO GOVERNOR YURIKO KOIKE, KOIKE SPEAKING ABOUT NECESSITY OF SIMPLIFYING TOKYO OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS, NEWS BRIEFING BY JAPANESE OLYMPICS MINISTER SEIKO HASHIMOTO, SOUNDBITES OF ... ( read original story ...)

A staff member sanitizes seat of ride attractions at the Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Universal Studios Japan (USJ LLC,) announces, it will gradually lift ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida discusses the Japanese automaker's business strategy and its alliance with Renault and Mitsubishi. ( read original story ...)

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more ... ( read original story ...)

June has been dropped because passenger numbers are expected to rise as coronavirus restrictions ease. Federal and regional governments agreed two weeks ago to allow the closure of Tegel airport ... ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee is in talks with insurers over being compensated for the postponed Tokyo Games. An "open discussion” is under way with insurance brokers, the IOC’s Olympic Games ... ( read original story ...)

As the measure was gradually lifted for various parts of the country, some stores began reopening from the middle of the month. ( read original story ...)