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TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan’s two new deputy governors pledged on Tuesday to meet the central bank’s 2 percent inflation target as soon as possible, but both showed signs of willing to be flexible on monetary policy. Masazumi Wakatabe ... ( read original story ...)

“The world understands the Syrian situation - it’s getting worse. But the Japanese court hasn’t understood that at all,” one of the plaintiffs, Joude Yousuf, told a news conference. Speaking in Arabic through a Japanese interpreter, Yousuf said he ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's central bank wants the country's inflation rate to hit 2 percent by fiscal year 2019, but it is less likely to happen if the yen continues to strengthen, said Credit Suisse's chief economist for Japan. Hiro Shirakawa, speaking to CNBC at the bank's ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea’s growing missile arsenal might be the most obvious and immediate military threat facing Japan, but defense planners in Tokyo are focused on a much larger and more challenging foe as they prepare for the years ahead. ( read original story ...)

(Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP) Thirteen Japanese cult members may be sent to the gallows any day now for a 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes. But when is uncertain. Such is the secrecy that surrounds Japan's death penalty ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, accomplices in a crime are customarily hanged on the ... "I want to follow through to the very end," Takahashi said at a recent news conference. Her wish is unlikely to be granted. Even prisoners sent to the gallows are not notified until guards ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Thirteen Japanese cult members may be sent to the ... “I want to follow through to the very end,” Takahashi said at a recent news conference. Her wish is unlikely to be granted. Even prisoners sent to the gallows are not notified until ... ( read original story ...)

The relocation of seven of them to five detention centres outside of Tokyo last week has sparked speculation that ... "I want to follow through to the very end," Takahashi said at a recent news conference. Her wish is unlikely to be granted. ( read original story ...)

Japan on Tuesday marked the 23rd anniversary of a deadly sarin attack on the Tokyo metro, as speculation grows that members of the cult behind it could soon be executed. At a solemn ceremony at Kasumigaseki station, one of the targets of the 1995 attacks ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, is speaking in the Japanese Parliament today, stating that he and his wife are not involved in the document scandal that has rocked the Japanese government recently. Shinzo Abe is declining any involvement in the ... ( read original story ...)

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Naomi Osaka, a rising star who won Indian Wells on Sunday, will face Serena Williams in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday. It's a freakishly difficult way for both players to start a tournament. "The luck of the draw," tournament director ... ( read original story ...)

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke defended his use of the Japanese greeting “konnichiwa” when responding to a question from a lawmaker. Zinke told reporters Saturday that the phrase is innocent and inoffensive. “How could ever saying ‘good morning ... ( read original story ...)

This was followed by free in schools coaching at St Mark the Evangelist School for youngsters within the local communities of Harlem and a Yokohama Skills Challenge 24 hours later, again at Randall’s Island. The four-day activity concluded with coaching ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was grilled by opposition lawmakers in parliament on Monday over a widening school land sale scandal linked to his wife, as his Cabinet's approval ratings plunged to their lowest levels. Opposition lawmakers renewed ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s trade balance returned to surplus in February, with strength in the global economy supporting export growth even as lunar new year holidays caused a drop in sales to China. Highlights The value of exports increased 1.8 percent in ... ( read original story ...)