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6:40 p.m. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s decision to downgrade the trade status of the country. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said Friday ... ( read original story ...)

One year from today, at about 7:20am local time, the first athletics champion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be crowned. It will be the first of 48 sets of medals that will be awarded during the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on Friday, with investor sentiment hit by global sell-offs over US President Donald Trump's new tariffs on China and the yen's rise against the dollar. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

The last time people saw Naomi Osaka at a tennis tournament, she cut off her news conference after a first-round loss at Wimbledon last month, saying, “I feel like I’m about to cry” and leaving the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka admits she has not enjoyed playing tennis since winning the Australian Open and has described the last few months as the worst of her life. The 21-year-old won her second consecutive grand ... ( read original story ...)

with many Japanese looking for K-pop music, Korean food, cosmetics and other merchandise. Misaki Toguchi, a 14-year-old junior high school student from Saitama, north of Tokyo, said her devotion to ... ( read original story ...)

An ongoing trade dispute between Japan and South Korea may potentially boost memory chip prices, which have remained low for about a year, according to Mark Newman from Sanford C. Bernstein. Samsung ... ( read original story ...)

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing deteriorated for a third month in July, a revised survey showed on Thursday, offering another sign of how trade protectionism and slower global growth are ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tokyo has been conveying its stance and thoughts on various issues to the United States. "We are closely cooperating with the U.S. We will make ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--A statue of a girl symbolizing “comfort women,” a poem treasuring the pacifist Constitution and other exhibits that were removed from public display will be featured at an exhibition here on ... ( read original story ...)

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Osaka Gas Co Ltd said on Monday it will buy U.S. shale gas developer Sabine Oil & Gas Corp for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese actor-turned-politician Taro Yamamoto is angling for a new real-life role in which he leads his novice party and allies to victory, ousts long-ruling conservatives and takes ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama is offering its new ADVAN Apex tire in 44 sizes ranging from 17 to 20-inch fitments. (Photo: Yokohama) Yokohama Tire has announced the addition of its new ADVAN Apex tire to its ultra-high ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japan and South Korea have both sought for weeks to get the White House on their side in their spiraling trade dispute, with little success. Now, the U.S. may finally be stepping in. ... ( read original story ...)

According to Kyodo news agency, more than 50% of those hospitalised were aged ... "find the cause" of the incident and "work to prevent it from happening again", the Japan Times said. It's not the ... ( read original story ...)