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Japan remains committed to reaching a budget surplus in fiscal 2025, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday, even as the heavily indebted nation has been forced to ramp up spending to offset the ... ( read original story ...)

The Nagoya Protocol on sharing biological resources can be a guiding principle for improved access to Covid care ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory activity remained stuck at an 11-year low in June, in a sign the coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on manufacturers even as services-sector sentiment picks up. ( read original story ...)

Japan is expected to compile a stimulus package to boost the economy in the autumn, as its previous two packages were aimed at preventing firms and households from bankruptcy amid the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

The rival governments of China and Taiwan have both lashed out at Japan after it renamed an administrative area overseeing a disputed set of islands in the East China Sea. Lawmakers in the ... ( read original story ...)

Brexit deal, putting Boris Johnson’s government under pressure to agree one of the fastest trade negotiations in history — and Britain’s first in more than 40 years. Time is so short that both sides ... ( read original story ...)

A large percentage of people in Japan continue to wear masks as coronavirus case numbers remain low in the reopening country. Evidence increasingly points to mask compliance as a major factor in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

British cyclist Helen Scott is hoping her dreams of getting the chance to retain her Paralympic title in 2021 will be realised after launching a search to find a new partner. It comes after Sophie ... ( read original story ...)

China condemned a Japanese decision to rename an area that included the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyutai Islands, calling the move a "serious provocation." ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, built with government backing and used in the fight against coronavirus, is now ranked as the world's fastest, its developers announced Monday. It snatched the top spot ... ( read original story ...)

A local council in southern Japan voted Monday to rename an area including islands disputed with China and Taiwan, a move Beijing denounced as illegal and a "serious provocation". The local assembly ... ( read original story ...)

Japan pulled out of bidding to host soccer's 2023 Women’s World Cup on Monday, leaving the top-rated joint bid by Australia and New Zealand a clear favorite in the FIFA vote. Japan and Australia are ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Association withdraws its 2023 Women's World Cup bid, three days before a Fifa vote to determine the hosts. ( read original story ...)

HEADQUARTERS, FILE FOOTAGE OF TOKYO'S NATIONAL STADIUM, SAPPORO DOME AND KOBE'S MISAKI STADIUM, SOME OF THE VENUES IN JAPAN'S BID TO HOST THE 2023 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP BID / FILE FOOTAGE OF JAPAN WOMEN'S ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Monday discussed the importance of free trade for a world economic recovery with New Zealand's Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker, ... ( read original story ...)

China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese city's administrative bill over disputed islands between Beijing and Tokyo. ( read original story ...)