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SEOUL (Reuters) - Japan has approved shipments of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, two people familiar with the matter said on ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--Beat an 86-year-old man in arm wrestling and win a free lunch? Many have tried to their regret to put Eiji Okubo down at his restaurant here in the city’s Chikusa Ward. But most have been left ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies broadly support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s tough trade stance against South Korea, a Reuters poll found. Three-quarters of companies in the monthly Reuters ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Japan has approved shipment of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, Yonhap News Agency reported late on Monday, ... ( read original story ...)

Korea-Japan relations, already strained by South Korean Supreme Court rulings last fall ordering Japanese companies to compensate World War II victims of forced labor, began breaking down across new ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police on Monday arrested a man claiming to be Chinese for throwing a black ink-like liquid on a curtain at one of the buildings of Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine for war ... ( read original story ...)

According to Japanese news outlets, the Mayor of Yokohama, Fumiko Hayashi, may announce that her city will, too, bid for the right to host one of Japan’s three casino resorts later this week. It is ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi may announce the city’s candidacy later this week at a news conference, the sources said. Under the integrated resorts promotion law, enacted in July 2018, Japan aims to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The City of Yokohama has decided to bid to host a large resort that will include a casino, Nikkei has learned. The Japanese government has announced a plan to build three so-called ... ( read original story ...)

Two fresh signs of strain on the global economy were delivered by Japan today, after the country unveiled that exports slipped for the eighth consecutive month in July. Japan’s Ministry of Finance ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO – A group passing on the experiences of the Japanese detained in Siberia by the former Soviet Union after the war has begun new activities to prepare for a time when none of the dwindling ... ( read original story ...)

That work would be carried out by a team of Yokohama officials specially chosen for that purpose. According to the news outlet, a site close to Yamashita pier has been confirmed as the preferred site. ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese exports fell for an eighth straight month in July, as slowing growth and trade battles raise fears of a global recession. The value of shipments abroad dropped 1.6% in July ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports slipped for an eight month in July, while manufacturers' confidence turned negative for the first time in over six years as slowing global growth and the prolonged ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s exports slipped for an eight month in July, while manufacturers’ confidence turned negative for the first time in over six years as slowing global growth and the ... ( read original story ...)

The news further soured the outlook for export-reliant economies such as Japan’s. The monthly poll, which tracks the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) closely-watched tankan quarterly survey, found ... ( read original story ...)