Officials from Japan’s Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Japan and Financial Services Agency will hold their first three-way meeting since March later Tuesday.
Offshore Typhoon Mawar lashes eastern Taiwan, northern Philippines as it heads for southern Japan
Typhoon Mawar lashed Taiwan’s eastern coast with wind, rains and large waves Tuesday but largely skirted the island after giving a glancing blow to the northern Philippines
China urges Japan to end curbs on chip exports
China’s commerce minister has urged Japan to end its newly announced curbs on exports of chipmaking equipment, saying it would hurt economic and trade relations between the two countries.
Japan PM’s son to resign after public outrage over private party at official residence
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday his son is resigning as his executive policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s residence for a private party at which the merrymaking was exposed in magazine photos that triggered public outrage.
Epic 211-shot badminton rally delights fans in Malaysia – video
World No 11 Thinaah Muralitharan and Pearly Tan survived a 211-shot marathon rally in their round-of-16 encounter against Japan’s Rena Miyaura and Ayako Sakuramoto at the BWF Malaysia Masters
North Korea notifies neighboring Japan it plans to launch satellite in coming days
North Korea has told neighboring Japan it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit …
Curbs to ’cause huge losses’ for Japan’s chip industry
Japan’s chip export controls will deal a heavy blow to its chipmaking equipment companies, as most of them count China as their largest market, Japanese and Chinese experts said. Highlighting that …
Japan’s Koji Yakusho wins best actor at Cannes
Veteran actor Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor prize at the Cannes International Film Festival on Saturday. The 67-year-old Japanese star received the award for his performance as a Tokyo toilet cleaner in “Perfect Days,
Letter reveals SLO County soldier’s World War II experiences. How did it end up in Japan?
A long-lost letter discovered by a Japanese historian in an old book sheds new light on the wartime experiences of a San Luis Obispo County man. Edward “Eddie” Borradori of Ca …
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Sets Box Office Record in Japan, Underlining Hollywood Recovery
After opening on April 28 in Japan, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has hit the JPY10 billion ($71 million) milestone in just 31 days – the quickest ever by a non-Japanese animation in …