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Hakone, less than two hours from Tokyo, is famous for its hot springs and stunning Mount Fuji views. It offers a tranquil escape with lush mountains and clear lakes. Visitors can enjoy Lake Ashi cruises or the Hakone Open Air Museum. The area's hot springs are ideal for unwinding after sightseeing, making it a perfect ...

Japanese authorities spent 5.53 trillion yen ($36.8 billion)intervening in the foreign exchange market this month to pull the yen off 38-year lows, official data showed on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s currency intervention to support the yen in the past month was worth ¥5.5 trillion ($36.6 billion), as the government showed its willingness to counter speculators betting against the yen. ( read original story ...)

A baby bottlenose dolphin was born at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, an aquarium in Kanagawa Prefecture. The animal is 1 meter long and weighs 20 k ... ( read original story ...)

One person has died and nearly 150 others have been sickened after eating grilled eel prepared by a restaurant chain and sold at a department store near Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Medical personnel in central Japan are on guard as the "11th wave" of coronavirus infections and the intense summer heat simultaneously hit the country, making it difficult to immediately distinguish ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate Wednesday to about .25% from zero to about 0.1%, acting to curb the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar. ( read original story ...)

Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) is acquiring a nursing home property in Osaka, Japan, for 2.4 billion yen (S$20.7 million), its manager said on Tuesday (Jul 30). Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)

Japan's central bank has raised the cost of borrowing for the second time this year as it tries to ease rising prices in the world's fourth largest economy. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) increased its key ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's transport ministry is planning to issue a corrective order to Toyota Motor due to violations in the company's vehicle certification procedures, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Deepening security integration between the US and Japan will help ensure ties between the allies remain strong regardless of political changes, Washington’s top envoy to Japan said. ( read original story ...)

Efforts have been made to avoid overcrowding around Mount Fuji. Day trips can be taken from Tokyo to Kegon Falls in Nikko or hot springs in Atami. ( read original story ...)

STAMFORD, Conn. —NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Paris Olympics continues to draw large audiences with four-day total viewership average up 77% from Tokyo Olympics and its Monday July 29 coverage delivering 31.3 million viewers on NBC, Peacock, and across key NBCU platforms according to official data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. ( read original story ...)

A Courtyard by Marriott hotel has opened in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Located in the city’s beautiful Nakajima Park area, the Courtyard by Marriott Sapporo is just a three-minute walk from the Nakajima Koen ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s state-backed chip startup Rapidus has a similarly long-shot ambition. In a country that currently produces 40 nanometer semiconductors, the two-year-old venture has the goal of leapfrogging generations of innovation and producing bleeding-edge 2 nanometer chips in 2027. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is expected to detail plans to taper its huge bond buying on Wednesday and debate whether to raise interest rates, signalling its resolve to steadily unwind a decade of massive monetary stimulus. ( read original story ...)