Category: Asia

Published by Kyodo News One of five Japanese to have played in both German and Spanish top divisions, Hiroshi Kiyotake was happy to see his

Published by Kyodo News British advertising giant WPP Plc sees potential in Japan’s shrinking market, with elderly consumers a segment to tap into, the head

Published by Kyodo News The operator of the “au” mobile brand, one of Japan’s top three carriers, said Saturday its customers are facing difficulties making

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s government on Friday eased its travel warning over the coronavirus pandemic for 34 countries, including China, South Korea and India,

Published by Kyodo News Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that Russia’s recent decision to replace the Sakhalin 2 project operator with a new firm

Published by Reuters UK By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese policymakers worried about the yen sliding lower are increasingly also having

Published by Reuters UK TOKYO (Reuters) – Apple Inc has hiked by nearly a fifth the cost of its flagship iPhone phone in Japan, which

Published by Kyodo News The average land price in Japan as of Jan. 1 was up 0.5 percent from a year earlier, the National Tax

Published by Savvy Tokyo Take advantage of the umeshu-making sets at stores this season to make a tasty syrup that the whole family can enjoy.

Published by Kyodo News Japanese households and businesses on Friday entered a three-month period to conserve electricity to prevent a power crunch amid a record-breaking

Published by Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s electricity grid creaked on Thursday under the strain of Tokyo’s hottest June since records began, with the unexpected shutdown

Published by Kyodo News An effort to promote child-rearing among employees turned sour when a Japanese company publically disclosed the birthrate among its staff members,

Published by Kyodo News Mai Hontama, the last Japanese player alive in the Wimbledon singles draw, lost her second-round match to France’s Diane Parry on

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s industrial output in May fell 7.2 percent from the previous month for the second consecutive month of decline, government data

Published by Reuters MADRID (Reuters) – The leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday expressed deep concern over North Korea’s missile

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that China has finished building a new drilling facility for gas fields in a contested

Published by Reuters By Yuka Obayashi and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan braced on Wednesday for its hottest day yet of a record-breaking June

Published by Kyodo News Flights between the capitals of South Korea and Japan resumed Wednesday after being suspended for more than two years due to

Published by Kyodo News Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is projecting himself as a pragmatic leader whose diplomatic decisions can be unconventional. Kishida used his

Published by Kyodo News Germany legend Lothar Matthaus warned against complacency but voiced confidence in his country beating Group E rivals Japan at this year’s

Published by Kyodo News U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will make a two-day visit to Japan from July 12 to discuss sanctions that have been

Published by Kyodo News Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told leaders of the Group of Seven Nations that Japan will host a G-7 summit under its

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Published by The Bangkok Post published : 28 Jun 2022 at 04:00 newspaper section: [Life](http://search.bangkokpost.com/search/result_advanced?category=news&xNewsSection=Life) The fifth Don Don Donki outlet in Thailand has recently

Published by Kyodo News Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday expressed concern in a meeting with Senegalese President Macky Sall over the suffering in

Published by Kyodo News A new private financial exchange, hoping to be an alternative for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, opened Monday in Japan, becoming the

Published by Reuters By Daniel Leussink YAMAGATA, Japan (Reuters) – Japanese farmer Kiyoharu Hirao has started to add more rice to the mix he gives

Published by Kyodo News Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday stressed the need for the Group of Seven leaders to show a united front to

Published by Kyodo News Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told his fellow Group of Seven leaders that they need to jointly protect their economies from

Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, the United States, Japan and Canada will ban new imports of Russian gold as part of efforts to

Published by Kyodo News Less than 3 percent of Japanese companies operating in Russia have decided to withdraw following its invasion of Ukraine, the lowest

Published by Azer News By Trend A joint venture between an Indian and a Japanese company hasuncovered a treasure trove in India in the form

Published by Kyodo News Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he will seek to confirm unity with his fellow Group of Seven leaders in

Published by The Bangkok Post The Thai embassy in Japan has warned Thais not to carry cannabis, hemp and cannabis or hemp-based products into Japan

Published by Kyodo News Hinata Miyazawa scored one goal and set up another Friday as Nadeshiko Japan dominated Serbia 5-0 in an international women’s friendly.

Published by Kyodo News The United States, Japan, Australia, Britain and New Zealand on Friday launched a new initiative to step up engagement in the

Published by Kyodo News Japan’s top court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that dismissed a man’s demand that Twitter Inc. delete tweets showing

Published by Kyodo News Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to reiterate Japan’s opposition to any actor using force to unilaterally change the status quo

Published by Savvy Tokyo There’s no place to beat the heat like the oasis of your own urban garden. Whether you’re new to the greenery

Published by Kyodo News Core consumer prices in Japan rose 2.1 percent in May from a year earlier, government data showed Friday. The nationwide core

Published by Kyodo News Japan conveyed “strong concern” to China on Thursday over its suspected gas field explorations in a contested area of the East

Published by The Bangkok Post TOKYO: Japan will stop providing yen loans for the construction of coal-fired electricity plants in Indonesia and Bangladesh, the government

Published by Reuters UK By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity growth slowed to a four-month low in June as China’s COVID-19 curbs

Published by Kyodo News Japan will stop providing yen loans for the construction of coal-fired electricity plants in Indonesia and Bangladesh, the government said Wednesday.

Published by Kyodo News Nobumitsu Hayashi, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat, has assumed the top post of the government-backed Japan Bank for International Cooperation, JBIC

Published by Kyodo News Half of the member manufacturers that responded to a recent survey said the yen’s rapid weakening has had a negative impact

Published by Kyodo News The South Korean government said Wednesday it has agreed with Japan to resume flights next week between the two countries’ capitals,

Published by Kyodo News Financial education for young children is expanding in Japan to enhance their understanding of money, prompted by compulsory requirements in high

Published by Savvy Tokyo Use this guide to make food shopping safer for those with allergies. Until only a few decades ago, there were no

Published by Kyodo News The following is a comparison of campaign pledges made by major Japanese political parties on key issues for the House of

Published by Azer News By Trend The Government of Japan is ready to support reconstruction andde-mining activities on Azerbaijan’s liberated territories,Ambassador of Japan to Azerbaijan

Published by Relaxnews A Japanese city is launching a crowdfunding campaign to help preserve a special spot of woodland: the forest that inspired the animator

Published by Kyodo News China urged Japan on Tuesday not to meddle in Beijing’s development of gas fields in the East China Sea, saying such

Published by Kyodo News Japan will face fellow World Cup qualifiers the United States in one of two September friendlies in Europe, the Japan Football

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Published by Kyodo News Foreign technology giants that do not comply with requests to register their local units in Japan as required by law will

Published by The Bangkok Post The franchisor of Daruma Sushi Co has fled the country, leaving behind chaos after more than 500 people lodged fraud

Published by Kyodo News The South Korean government will set up a public-private body to resolve the issue of compensation for forced wartime labor during

Published by Kyodo News Three more regional airports in Japan will reopen for international flights in July as the nation further eases COVID-19 border controls,

Published by Kyodo News Japan women will take on Nigeria and New Zealand counterparts in October friendlies, the Japan Football Association said Monday. Nadeshiko Japan,

Published by Kyodo News The Japanese government on Monday kept intact its key assessment that the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic fallout,

Published by Kyodo News Food manufacturers in Japan have been hiking prices as a result of rising raw material and crude oil costs, data showed

Published by Kyodo News The Japan women’s national basketball team, ranked eighth in the world, defeated ninth-ranked Turkey for the second straight day on Sunday,

Published by Kyodo News The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has the highest support rate ahead of the July 10 upper house election, a Kyodo News

Published by Kyodo News Outfielder Shogo Akiyama said Saturday he will return to Japan having received no offers in the United States following his release