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Japan's jobless rate in March was unchanged at 2.6% compared to February, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate compared with economists' median forecast of 2.5%. ( read original story ...)

The declining population issue in Japan has long been discussed with several eventual doomsday scenarios brought up, from an entire country of people named “Sato” to a more recent study suggesting ... ( read original story ...)

The Tachikawa Precinct of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police have announced the arrest of Keita Saito, a 39-year-old kanbu, or officer, within the Takinogawa group of Japan’s second-largest organized crime ... ( read original story ...)

The yen jumped against the dollar on Monday, with traders citing yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities as a trigger for the bounce in a currency languishing at levels last seen over three ... ( read original story ...)

Currently, the Portland Japanese Garden is debuting its first new art exhibition of 2024. Titled “Vision of Place,” this show features stunning photography from Portland’s sister city of Sapporo. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka, LeBron James, and Joel Embiid will lead the selection committee for the 2024 Uninterrupted Film Festival, festival executives announced on Monday. The tennis phenom and the NBA superstars ... ( read original story ...)

One man's unusual blind date experience is going viral after he offered to take his date not just to dinner, but on a trip to Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

EXCLUSIVE: LeBron James, Naomi Osaka, and Joel Embiid have signed on to lead the selection committee for this year’s Uninterrupted Film Festival, an LA-based film event focused on the intersection of ... ( read original story ...)

Audi has opened its first own fast-charging location outside Europe. In Japan's capital Tokyo, electric cars of all brands can now be charged at four fast-charging points with up to 150 kilowatts each ... ( read original story ...)

A busy weekend of horse racing around the globe found Romantic Warrior atop the heap in Hong Kong, T O Royal the king of stayers in Japan and a Godolphin runner shaping up for the Epsom Derby. ( read original story ...)

Deciphera specializes in kinase drug discovery, where kinases are enyzmes that help regulate cellular function. ( read original story ...)

The Vietnamese General Consulate in Osaka in collaboration with authorities of Japanese prefectures and Vietnamese associations and organisations in Kansai region has held the second Vietnam Festival ... ( read original story ...)

Police on Monday arrested another man in a case involving two burnt bodies found at a riverside north of Tokyo, with investigators su ... ( read original story ...)

A Japan Airlines flight from Dallas to Tokyo was cancelled last week after its captain got drunk at a hotel bar in an incident involving the police. The 157 passengers of the flight were later ... ( read original story ...)

Elliott Management Corp. buying up a sizable stake in Sumitomo Corp. is the latest in a string of Japanese deals for the firm, and reflects the growing influence of activist investors in the East Asian country. ( read original story ...)

The second most common complaint foreign tourists have about Aichi Prefecture, home to Japan's fourth-largest city Nagoya, is a lack of nigh ... ( read original story ...)