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The Osaka Dojima Commodity Exchange plans to apply with the agriculture ministry to get rice futures, which are being traded on a trial basis, permanently listed, sources said. The exchange, formerly known as the Kansai Commodities Exchange, will make a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police on Thursday arrested a man at an office of Shinjuku Station after he attempted to flee a groping accusation (Fuji News Network) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested an accused groper who attempted to flee JR Shinjuku Station ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday as investors initially opted to take profits while a firm yen later on saw exporters offloaded, with the market mood soured by OPEC agreeing to extend supply cuts which saw energy-related issues ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks declined Friday morning as investors opted to secure gains following the market's recent rise, with the overall mood lackluster after OPEC's agreement to extend production cuts sent energy-linked stocks lower. The 225 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has expressed its concern in recent weeks over North ... after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with US President Donald Trump at a summit in the US, Kyodo news agency reported at the time. North Korea has conducted dozens of missile launches and ... ( read original story ...)

The Vietnam Festival 2017 will take place at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on June 10 and 11, according to the Vietnam News Agency. The festival aims to strengthen mutual understanding between the two nations and bring Vietnamese people living in Japan closer ... ( read original story ...)

Low cost carrier AirAsia has opened a new route from Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali. On Thursday, AirAsia X’s maiden flight, with the flight number XT402, landed for the first time in Bali from ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have raided a pachinko parlor operating illegally in the Kabukicho red-light district of Shinjuku Ward, reports TBS News (May 25). On Tuesday, police busted parlor Panic Gold, located in a multi-tenant building ... ( read original story ...)

In slides prepared for delivery in Tokyo on Friday, the U.S. central banker said U.S. prices are now 4.6 percent below the price level path established from 1995 to 2012, when inflation was growing near the Fed's target of 2 percent each year. "This is not ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya, Japan - What to do proteins and Kevlar have in common? Both feature long chain molecules that are strung together by amide bonds. These strong chemical bonds are also common to many other naturally occurring molecules as well as man-made ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo shares rose Thursday morning with market confidence boosted by the strong U.S. stocks overnight. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 106.12 points, or 0.54 percent, from Wednesday to 19,849.10. The broader Topix index of ... ( read original story ...)

Miyasako said in a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Tokyo. They have since recovered. Immigration officials say such people simply need to leave Japan. "The decision has been made that they are to return and so we keep talking to them ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Iris Ohyama, based in Sendai, is taking on Osaka Prefecture’s more established home appliance makers, including Panasonic and Sharp, in the battle for consumers’ hearts and wallets. Iris joined the home appliance market in 2009 and its ... ( read original story ...)

They also chanted slogans venting their opposition to several other issues, including Japan's nuclear power policies, the American presence in Okinawa and an increase in the hourly wage. A recent survey by the Kyodo News agency revealed a public split over ... ( read original story ...)

But the Tokyo Stock Exchange has so far shown little sign of taking an immediate hard-line stance against Toshiba as the company and the authorities grapple with the fallout from huge cost overruns at now bankrupt U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 25 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures extended ... For the top stories in the rubber market and other news, click or MARKET NEWS * Oil prices retreated slightly Wednesday as investors reacted to a smaller-than-expected U.S. gasoline ... ( read original story ...)