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Japan's births are down by 5.1 percent to a neew low of 758,631, a new lowthe country's health ministry said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

A tiny drone was flown into a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, aiming to examine areas where previous robots couldn't reach. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese women's soccer team won a spot at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday after beating their North Korean rivals in a match that also marked the first visit by one of its football teams to Japan ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is eager to have cricket at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan and is exploring the idea of converting a baseball stadium in Nagoya for this purpose. Cricket ... ( read original story ...)

AirTrunk has broken ground on a new data center in Osaka, Japan. The APAC operator this week said it had begun the construction of a 20MW data center, OSK1, following a special jichinsai ... ( read original story ...)

The former head coach of the Belarusian Olympic team has been banned for five years following his behavior towards sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya at the Tokyo Games three years ago. ( read original story ...)

Nissan Motor aims to start a small-scale driverless ride service in Japan in about three years as part of a move to use the technology to make up for a shrinking number of taxi drivers, it said on ... ( read original story ...)

Birthrate continues to fall as young people increasingly reluctant to have children due to bleak job prospects, cost of living and work culture ... ( read original story ...)

Japan survived a late scare to hand North Korea a 2-1 defeat at National Stadium in Tokyo on Wednesday to secure qualification for the Olympic Games in Paris for Futoshi Ikeda's side.Goals from Hana ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is eager to have cricket at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan and is exploring the idea of converting a baseball stadium in Nagoya for this purpose. Cricket ... ( read original story ...)

By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan chip test equipment company Advantest Corp said on Wednesday its Chief Operating Officer Douglas Lefever, a U.S. citizen, will become CEO from April, with current ... ( read original story ...)

A corporate governance makeover has helped fuel the revival of Japan's once-moribund stock market. Now investors want to see if the change is for real. The Nikkei index shattered its all-time high ... ( read original story ...)

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a visit to Japan, discussing the risks of generative AI, a government spokesman said Wednesday.Zuckerberg and Kishida met on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will appear before a parliamentary ethics committee as he seeks to turn the page on a ruling party slush-fund scandal that has undermined his support months ahead ... ( read original story ...)

Staffordshire Cheese has been designated with protected status in Japan, along with a range of other British food and drink products.Other products to be protected include Cornish Pasties and Anglesey ... ( read original story ...)

Japan chip testing equipment company Advantest Corp said on Wednesday its Chief Operating Officer Douglas Lefever, a U.S. citizen, will become CEO from April, with current Chief Executive Yoshiaki ... ( read original story ...)