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For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Royal Canadian Navy has deployed a submarine to Japan. HMCS Chicoutimi left Esquimalt, B.C., last month for a patrol mission in the Asia-Pacific region. At the time, military officials said the purpose of the ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window The Japanese stock market has seen the longest winning streak since 1988. Big Japanese manufacturers are the most upbeat they've been in a decade. And Japan's economy has seen the sixth straight ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. is suspending domestic production of vehicles for the Japanese market for at least two weeks to address misconduct in its inspection procedures that led to a major recall, it said on Thursday. Japan's second-largest automaker said it ... ( read original story ...)

“We would be able to capture kinds of financial behavior that cannot be collected as data in cash transactions,” said Nobuyuki Hirano, CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), speaking as chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association at a news conf ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is heading to the polls on Sunday in a snap election called by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He called the vote in September, saying he was seeking a fresh mandate to overcome "a national crisis" amid rising threats from North Korea. His decision came ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 13. We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks and deepest gratitude to our customers and all the company's stakeholders for your support of the company's ... ( read original story ...)

Prince Hotels opened a new hotel, "Nagoya Prince Hotel Sky Tower," on Monday, October 2, 2017 in Nagoya, Japan, the country's third largest city. The hotel is located on the 31st to 36th floors of Global Gate, a mixed-use complex erected in a redevelopment ... ( read original story ...)

After meeting with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts in Seoul ... we can achieve our objective of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula," Sullivan said at a news conference after the meeting, where the officials mainly discussed responses to North ... ( read original story ...)

Before flying to Seoul for talks with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama met in Tokyo on Tuesday and vowed to find more ways to apply pressure ... ( read original story ...)

PRINCE HOTELS, INC. (Head office: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; President, Shigeyoshi Akasaka) opened a new hotel, "Nagoya Prince Hotel Sky Tower," on Monday, October 2, 2017 in Nagoya, Japan, the country’s third largest city. This hotel represents Prince Hotel's ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday, as some indexes got a boost from overnight gains on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark held steady as expectations grew that a likely ruling party win in Sunday's Japanese parliamentary elections will help ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition is on track for a roughly two-thirds majority in Sunday's general election, a survey by Kyodo news agency showed, as its conservative rival led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike appeared to lose ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A Japanese defense helicopter carrying four crew members has lost contact during flight training in central Japan. Defense officials say the UH-60J lost contact Tuesday evening while flying over the Pacific Ocean about 30 kilometers (18 miles ... ( read original story ...)

NANMOKU, Japan (Reuters) - Chikara Imai, 73, is quick to dismiss the new parties in Sunday's national election in Japan, saying old ties with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party is what the country's most elderly village needs for survival. ( read original story ...)

Amid the gloom and struggle that Osaka has gone through in recent years, a tourism boom has been an unexpected boon for Japan’s gritty second city. The commercial roots and boisterous and friendly people of Osaka and the surrounding Kansai region provide ... ( read original story ...)

Amid the gloom and struggle that Osaka has gone through in recent years, a tourism boom has been an unexpected boon for Japan’s gritty second city. The commercial roots and boisterous and friendly people of Osaka and the surrounding Kansai region provide ... ( read original story ...)