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TOKYO — Heavy snow piling up in northern Japan in the last two weeks has blocked roads and is being blamed for dozens of ...

The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage in a widespread purge that represented a brutal blow to ...

At least three deals, making plausible inroads into Japan’s overall commitment of $550bn, are now due to be unveiled once the ...

Japan’s highest court upheld a U.S. airman’s conviction for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl just over ...

Reluctance to change job and rise of ‘proxy quitters’ is a reaction to Japan’s ‘rigid’ labour market – but there are signs of ...

By Makiko Yamazaki and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Just as Japan was finally gaining ground in its long, hard ...

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the coun ...

The Japanese embassy announced that Japan is gifting the United States with an additional 250 cherry blossom trees to ...

Against this backdrop, Tokyo’s defence buildup is fitting squarely into Washington’s Cold War–era “hub-and-spokes” architecture in Asia, with Japan once again acting as the eastern “spoke” of a ...

With the United States undermining its commitment to providing stability in the region, Japan is better served by engaging ...