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Japan aims to nearly double the amount of reactors on the grid as early as next summer in order to meet the country’s power needs and curb emissions, according to local media. ( read original story ...)

SEOUL: South Korean messaging giant Kakao Corp’s manga business is pushing back plans to go public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange until next year, aiming for a valuation of US$6bil (RM27bil) or more. ( read original story ...)

Police in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward have arrested a 15-year-old girl for stabbing a mother and daughter as “practice” before killing her own mother and younger brother. The girl was arrested shortly after, ... ( read original story ...)

At the start of World War II, many navies envisioned flattops in a supporting role for battleships. By 1945, those roles had reversed. ( read original story ...)

Tax revenue from alcohol has been falling for years in Japan as the population ages and a younger generation, fewer in number, shies away from the hard-drinking habits of the past, like ... ( read original story ...)

Seven members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, including a former leader, have been confirmed to have had dealings wi ... ( read original story ...)

A large bus that overturned and caught fire on an expressway in this central Japan city on Aug. 22, leaving two people dead, is suspected no ... ( read original story ...)

Police searched the offices of a bus operator on Tuesday, a day after a fatal crash on an expressway in Nagoya city, central Japan. ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA announced that it has begun applying a proprietary rubber compound design system that utilizes AI-based compound generation technology. The new system was developed with the cooperation of ... ( read original story ...)

"I love it when famous people don't get recognized and you can clearly see it hurts their ego," said a commenter on TikTok. ( read original story ...)

In June, Japan expanded that opportunity to 98 countries with low coronavirus infection rates while keeping entry requirements complex and strict. Given the painstaking steps of getting approved to ... ( read original story ...)

Apple's first-ever international store outside the U.S. now has a new location. The store, situated in Ginza, Tokyo, has moved to a remarkable building in the area, made out of fire-resistant wood and ... ( read original story ...)

China on Tuesday strongly deplored the move by a Japanese politician who is visiting Taiwan and said that Tokyo must stop making provocation and seek selfish ga ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's first female photojournalist Tsuneko Sasamoto, who captured the lives of civilians under the country's tumultuous Showa era, has died at the age of 107. ( read original story ...)

Researchers in Japan have successfully enhanced their ‘acoustic tweezers’ technology to lift small particles using sound waves, an advance that promises contactless control of small objects. ( read original story ...)

An annual memorial service has been held in Tokyo to remember Japanese nationals who died in Soviet detention camps in Siberia and elsewhere after World War Two. ( read original story ...)