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Key gauges of Japan’s manufacturing and service activity improved in April to their highest levels in nearly a year even as the weaker yen intensified price pressure on companies, a sign that they are ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday the government is ready to respond appropriately to excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market without ruling out any options. ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory activity contracted but approached the break-even point in April, a business survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting the key sector is finally picking up after months of sluggishness. ( read original story ...)

Japan's navy continued its search on Monday for the whereabouts of seven crew members, who are feared dead after their helicopters crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a nighttime anti-submarine drill. ( read original story ...)

A 25-year-old Japanese woman was given a nine-year prison sentence on Monday for defrauding three men out of a total of 155 million yen on a dating app and selling a manual on how to scam men out of ... ( read original story ...)

A 12-year-old hippopotamus at a zoo in this western Japan city keepers thought was male has turned out to be female, according to a DNA test ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The jubilant scenes that greeted Osaka six years ago when it won the right to host the 2025 World Expo have since given way to blithe nonchalance, with less than a year to go to the hoped-for tourism ... ( read original story ...)

The yen weakened on Monday to its weakest levels against the dollar since June 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up the yen. The decline in ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, who is vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will meet Donald Trump on Tuesday, a senior Trump campaign official said, as the U.S. ally ... ( read original story ...)

The Commissariat General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ICCJ) on Monday, April 22, signed a protocol of cooperation and agreement as part of strategic ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, who currently serves as vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will meet Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday evening, TV Tokyo reported on Monday, ( read original story ...)

An adviser from Japan Space Systems, Koichi Ijichi, shared details about the plans of the mini space-based solar power plant. ( read original story ...)

An EA developer has criticized the Japanese ratings board over its consistency and vague policies, after it allowed Stellar Blade to release as “uncensored” in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber held a groundbreaking event on April 15 for its new consumer and light truck tire plant at the Alianza Industrial Park in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The company said the event was ... ( read original story ...)

Bloodstains have been found inside a car belonging to a 25-year-old man arrested over last week's discovery of two burnt bodies on a ( read original story ...)

SYNOPSIS: Many people flock to the Tokyo Rainbow Pride festival, an annual event to aim for a society without prejudice ( read original story ...)