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Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.is acquiring Japan-based industrial tire maker Aichi Tire Industry Co. Ltd. The company expects to complete the acquisition by March 2017. Aichi's products include solid tires and press-on tires, which are supplied to original ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – A nurse and the head of a nursing home in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, were referred to prosecutors Thursday on suspicion of professional negligence in connection with the death of a 68-year-old female resident whose artificial respirator was left ... ( read original story ...)

The Nagoya Medal Prize was initially proposed by Professor Hisashi Yamamoto and Professor Ryoji Noyori, and founded in 1995 with Professor Noyori as the president through the financial support of the MSD Life Science Foundation (previously: Banyu Life ... ( read original story ...)

Science fiction has long imagined a future in which humans are ousted from their jobs by machines. For 34 staff at a Japanese insurance firm, that vision just became a reality. Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance is laying off the employees and replacing them ... ( read original story ...)

Japan announced Friday that it would recall its ambassador to South Korea and suspend economic talks in response to the placing of a "comfort woman" statue representing wartime sex slaves in front of its consulate in the Korean port city of Busan. Both ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan is recalling its ambassador to South Korea in response to the placing of a comfort-woman statue in front of its consulate in the Korean city of Busan. Both Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine in Seoul and the consul-general in Busan will be ... ( read original story ...)

5.00pm: Promising Japenese teenager Naomi Osaka has joined the mounting casualty list at the ASB Classic, withdrawing injured from her quarter-final match-up with Croatian Ana Konjuh. The clash was expected to be a highlight of the tournament's third day ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA (TR) – Officials at a general hospital in Osaka City ... Police are investigating the case as suspected criminal damage to objects. TBS News (Jan. 4) quoted hospital officials as saying the hospital has “strived to do its utmost to build a ... ( read original story ...)

A pod of dolphins has escaped from a recreational facility in the Japanese town of Taiji, known for its annual controversial hunts. Staffers from the DolphinBase centre discovered nets dividing the pools from the ocean had been slashed, allowing four ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei news service reported that Trump would soon announce the choice of Hagerty, the director of presidential appointments in his transition team. The adviser who spoke to Reuters confirmed the Nikkei report on condition of anonymity. Hagerty is ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese sushi chain boss bid a winning 74.2 million yen (C$849,328.82) Thursday for a 212-kilogram (466-pound) bluefin tuna in what may be Tsukiji market’s last auction at its current site in downtown Tokyo. The winning bid Thursday for the prized but ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Activity in Japan's services sector expanded in December at the fastest pace in 11 months, a private survey showed on Thursday, in a sign that economic growth could pick up due to gains in consumer spending. The Markit/Nikkei Japan ... ( read original story ...)

It comes as the threat from North Korea peaks following news it will soon have developed a missile capable ... Although North Korea hasn't actually made any direct threats against Japan, tubby tyrant Kim has claimed he could target US military bases ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has been pursuing a dream of nuclear energy since the 1960s. The country's first nuclear reactor was completed in 1965 and between then and 2011, Japan invested hundreds of billions of dollars into the industry. ABC reporter Mark Willacy, who ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese sushi chain boss has bid a winning 74.2 million yen ($866,000) for a 212-kilogram bluefin tuna in what may be the last auction at the current site of Tokyo's Tsukiji market. The winning bid for the prized but imperilled species was the second ... ( read original story ...)