Japan

Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.1 percent in February from a year earlier, slowing from a four-decade high as government subsidies on utility bills curbed inflationary pressure while surging food prices threaten to dampen household sentiment, government data showed Friday. The resource-scarce nation saw the pace of gain…

Reuters file photoA parade participant in a Winnie the Pooh costume waves a Chinese flag before the Lunar New Year parade celebrating the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York on Feb.12. Reuters 12:11 JST, March 23, 2023 HONG KONG (Reuters) – The screening of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a British slasher film due…

Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout in the ninth inning to save Japan's 3-2 win in Tuesday's World Baseball Classic final and clinch his nation's third championship and first since 2009. With Miami's loanDepot park on its feet and rocking with the high-voltage dream matchup of superstar Los Angeles Angels teammates, Ohtani…

Leading up to the World Baseball Classic, Mexico and (especially) Japan appeared as two of the top contenders to take the title on March 21st in Miami, Florida, and now the winner of tonight's game will face off against the United States in the WBC final.The two countries have baseball as one of their national sports and have star studded…

Visitors to Japan are increasingly benefiting from technological innovations that are breaking down the language barrier and making it easier to get around. One example is a new display from Japanese printing firm Toppan that can translate conversation in real time.…

BREAKING NEWS: North Korea missile may have flown on irregular trajectory: Japan gov't BREAKING NEWS: Japan lodges protest with North Korea over missile launch: official TOKYO - North Korea fired what may be a ballistic missile on Sunday, the Japanese government said, days after Japanese and South Korean leaders…

AP Photo/Lewis JolyGarbage is set on fire by protesters after a demonstration near Concorde square, in Paris, Thursday, March 16, 2023. By SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK Associated Press 10:08 JST, March 18, 2023 PARIS (AP) — Angry protesters took to the streets in Paris and other cities for a second day on Friday, trying to pressure…

People protest in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)"Japan's active participation in and promotion of this arms trade show is an act to feed inter-state conflicts, which violates not only the 'Three Principles on Defense Equipment Transfers' but also Article 9 of the…

SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- Business lobbies of South Korea and Japan were set to announce plans Thursday on how they will cooperate in the future, including ways to support youth exchanges, following Seoul's resolution to the row over Japan's wartime forced labor. The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) and the Japan Business Federation,…

Japan and South Korea are considering resuming security talks between foreign and defense ministry officials, a Japanese government source said Wednesday, in another sign of improving bilateral relations. The resumption of a security dialogue, last held in March 2018, is expected to be agreed upon by Prime Minister Fumio…