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First, the good news: Japan has finally begun to wrestle with its endemic problem of long, unproductive working hours. Japanese companies are famous for forcing their employees to work unpaid overtime long into the night. Workers are afraid that if they ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will seek a nuclear pact with the United States that renews automatically while it continues reprocessing spent fuel and enriching uranium, rather than a long-term pact similar to one set to expire next year, government sources said Tuesday. Ahead of ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA (TR) – Mainichi Broadcasting System claimed earlier this month that an adulterous relationship involving a host of a daily news program and the head of a non-profit organization, as alleged by a weekly magazine, had no effect on its programming ... ( read original story ...)

The impact crushed the starboard side of the Fitzgerald. The ship was listing as it sailed into its home port in Yokosuka, Japan, Saturday, CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports. The commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet said the sailors' actions kept the ... ( read original story ...)

Among the seven U.S. Navy sailors who died in the Saturday collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine-flagged container ship off Japan were an Ohioan expecting to retire soon, a Maryland man his father called his best friend, and a Connecticut ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese coast guard is investigating the collision between ... including those sleeping in bunks below and above him and that three men in the berth above his died as well. At a news conference Sunday, Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin of the 7th Fleet ... ( read original story ...)

Richardson would also meet Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force and coastguard officials to express his appreciation for their help in the search, Kyodo News reported. ( read original story ...)

* Says it received Japan patent on June 19, for pharmaceutical composition for treating vascular-related diseases comprising peptide * Patent number is 2015-151258 Source text in Korean: goo.gl/q6tTFH Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)

Abu Dhabi: UAE nationals can travel to Japan without visas, a senior ministry official said yesterday. Ahmad Saeed Elham Al Daheri, Assistant Under-Secretary for Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said the ... ( read original story ...)

The group includes a state-backed fund, the Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ), the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), as well as U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital and South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. Western Digital, which jointly operates ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — European shares rose in early trading Tuesday and Japan's benchmark finished higher, cheered by gains on Wall Street, but other Asian markets dipped. KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 added 0.5 percent in early trading to 5,335.51. Germany's ... ( read original story ...)

Tsukiji is a valuable brand and landmark, she said at a news conference. "Our country has always valued tradition," she said. This Oct. 2, 2016 photo shows a new fish market at Toyosu in Tokyo. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Tuesday, June 20, 2017 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO The governor of Tokyo announced on Tuesday a long-delayed ... "Because we're a nation that treasures our traditional culture, I want to promote the Tsukiji brand," she told a news conference. Tsukiji draws tens of thousands of visitors a ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Tire Corp. and Nitro Circus are asking: do you want to “Get Trucked Up?” as part of the Yokohama Nitro Circus “Get Trucked Up Giveaway.” The grand prize is a custom-built, 2017 Ram 2500 Power Wagon Crew Cab 4×4 featuring Yokohama’s all ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's coast guard is investigating why it took nearly an hour for a deadly collision between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a container ship to be reported. A coast guard official said Monday they are trying to find out what the crew of the Philippine-flagged ... ( read original story ...)

But for Japan’s Crown Princess Masako ... challenge to get through each and every day with my sorrow and anxiety,” she said during a rare news conference in 2007. Struggling to adapt to demands of stuffy court officials, she has suffered on and ... ( read original story ...)