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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to back the former top financial diplomat Masato Kanda as a candidate for the next president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Yomiuri newspaper reported on ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's Nikkei index shed more than three percent on Monday, after weaker than expected US jobs growth and speculation over a Fed rate cut caused global markets to slump. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo should seek stronger assurances from Washington about its commitment to Japan's nuclear defence, in order to deflect concerns that could fuel domestic calls for an independent ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will likely see another stimulus package under a new prime minister, with several candidates running in the ruling party's leadership race pledging fresh spending measures to boost growth and ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japan Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda, informed that continental showpiece to be co-hosted by the Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya will have no Olympic village. ( read original story ...)

Osaka University and Japanese electronics firm Fujitsu say they have established a new calculation method to accelerate the realization of practical quantum computing. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO’S Nikkei index shed more than three per cent on Monday, after weaker than expected US jobs growth and speculation over a Fed rate cut caused global markets to slump. Read more at The Business ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy grew at a slightly slower pace than initially reported in the second quarter, hurt by downward revisions in corporate and household spending that point to a bumpier second half for ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded in April-June at a slightly slower pace than initially reported, largely due to downward revisions in corporate and personal spending, government data showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded by 2.9% in the April-June period from the previous quarter, a slower pace than in the preliminary reading, government data showed on Monday. The revised figure for gross ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese stock futures fell as the yen’s advance weighed on the earnings outlook for exporters after disappointing US jobs data fueled concern about the health of the world’s largest economy. ( read original story ...)

Police in Nagoya have arrested a 57-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 82-year-old mother by hitting her on the head several times with a dumbbell. Police said Michiko Sasaki is accused of ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese companies are increasingly abandoning an approach to business in China that once seemed immune to politics, a stark shift after years when they were the biggest single investors in their ... ( read original story ...)

Alas for Americans, that place is Japan, where the race to succeed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has prompted an enlightening tax argument. The campaign is playing out within the ruling Liberal ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya, Japan, will break tradition by not having a Games Village. Athletes will be housed in hotels and cruise ships instead. This decision has raised concerns among some Olympic Council of Asia members who believe it undermines the spirit of the Games. ( read original story ...)

Similarly, restaurants that employ Ukrainian evacuees have sprung up in Tokyo, Osaka and other cities, including one in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, which opened in April. At a social function held in that city in mid-June, attendees enjoyed borscht, pirozhki and other Ukrainian dishes. ( read original story ...)