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Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were suspended for up to four hours due to an electricity outage Sunday, affecting ten ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 14, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool ... ( read original story ...)

The yen climbed on Monday on news that the Japanese government could soon revise a joint statement with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) over the latter's inflation target, potentially paving the way for a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is distancing itself from the pacifist stance it’s embraced since its World War II defeat, in a historic shift met by little of the outrage that’s marked security policy changes in the past. Mos ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s spot power price spiked on Sunday as heavy snow blankets the country’s northeastern region, boosting heating demand. ( read original story ...)

COLUMN. No head of state, apart from Justin Trudeau, has planned to attend the conference. Everyone seems to be acknowledging that whatever is signed in Montreal will have no impact on the course of ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea test-fired a pair of ballistic missiles with a potential range of striking Japan on Sunday, in a possible protest of Tokyo’s adoption of a new security strategy to push for more offensive ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday amid concerns over possible recessions in the United States and Europe after their central banks maintained hawkish stances last week. In the first 15 minutes of ... ( read original story ...)

The launches came two days after the North claimed to perform a test needed to build a more mobile intercontinental missile ( read original story ...)

Sen. Mike Lee is calling on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to grant an exemption to continue paying Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis during his three-year prison sentence in Japan. ( read original story ...)

STORY: Ino said the two ballistic missiles were launched eastwards from near the western coast of North Korea within the same hour starting 11:00a.m. (0200GMT), both flying around 500 kilometers (310 miles) at a maximum altitude of about 550 kilometers (342 miles). ( read original story ...)

Hiroyuki Nishimura has become a famous voice for disenchanted young Japanese. What he talks much less about is his ownership of the notorious website 4chan. ( read original story ...)

In a bid to decrease the amount of cigarette butts lining the streets, new disposal bins has been placed on Yokohama's restaurant-lined We ... ( read original story ...)

In a major break from its strictly self-defense-only principle, Japan adopted a national security strategy on Friday. ( read original story ...)

A corruption scandal surrounding last year's Tokyo Games has damaged Japan's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, a top local official warned. Sapporo, in Hokkaido, had been seen as the frontrunner ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA--Friends and acquaintances of 26 people who died in an arson attack at a mental health clinic here a year ago gathered Dec. 17, the first anniversary, to offer flowers and pray for the souls of ... ( read original story ...)