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Sapporo – A court convicted a former real estate office manager Tuesday of causing an explosion in Sapporo in 2018 that injured 44 people, and sentenced him to three years in prison, suspended for ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya, Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)--Komehyo Co. 2780>, a Japanese recycle store operator, said Tuesday it will introduce an artificial intelligence-based system to appraise used brand goods. The system can ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's rise to power in 2012 ushered in bold policies known as "Abenomics" that helped revive the economy and boost corporate profits, exports and jobs. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has already dispatched one team of six experts, including a coastguard expert and diplomats, to aid in the response. The new team of seven experts is to leave Japan on Wednesday and will carry ... ( read original story ...)

The buried skeletal remains of over 1,500 people originating from the Edo (1603-1868) to Meiji (1868-1912) periods have been found at a site ... ( read original story ...)

Temperatures soared into the triple digits and tied a national record in Japan on Monday, part of a sweltering heat wave that has swallowed the archipelago nation. Hamamatsu, a coastal city in ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe underwent a medical check-up in hospital on Monday, a government source said, amid concern voiced by a top official that the premier was suffering from fatigue from ... ( read original story ...)

Falling household consumption and Olympics postponement drag on growth ... ( read original story ...)

The world’s third largest economy, has now delivered three consecutive quarters of GDP declines, its worst performance since 1955. ( read original story ...)

A group representing the ethnic minority in northern Japan is seeking an exemption from a ban on the commercial fishing of salmon in rivers. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left hospital in Tokyo on Monday, the Jiji news agency reported, after his visit there stoked some concerns about his health. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe went to a hospital on Monday for what Japanese media said was a regular health checkup, although the visit generated renewed worries about his health. Videos of Abe ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese manufacturers of metals, including steel and aluminium, saw their output plunge in the April-June quarter as automakers temporarily shut factories to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Monday reported its greatest contraction on record, stating its gross domestic product shrank an annualised 27.8% in the second quarter of 2020 as economic activity slowed amid the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy saw the steepest decline on record in its second quarter -- as the global health crisis took a big bite out of consumption and exports. It's putting the country's policymakers under ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was hit by its biggest economic contraction on record in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic crushed consumption and exports, keeping policymakers under pressure for bolder action to ... ( read original story ...)