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Water breaks and longer half-time for Wales in Japan
Mikuni World Stadium, Kitakyushu Date: Saturday, 5 July Kick-off: 06:00 BSTCoverage: Watch live on BBC One Wales and BBC ...
In reversal, Japan now wants rice farmers to produce more. Will it work?
For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices ...
TSMC to Delay Japan Chip Plant and Prioritize U.S. to Avoid Trump Tariffs
The Taiwanese semiconductor maker is pouring funds more quickly into U.S. expansion.
Japan Sees Biggest Jump on Record in Individual Shareholdings
The number of individual shareholdings in Japan surged 12% to a fresh record of 83.6 million last fiscal year as the ...
Manga doomsday prediction spooks tourists to Japan
By Tom Bateman, Kathleen Benoza and Joyce Zhou TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a ...
Japan’s great unsticking has begun
The end of the zero-interest era is unleashing competition in the banking sector and changes in saver and investor behaviour ...
Uniqlo Owner, Seven & i To Set Tone for Japan’s Consumer Sector
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co. and Seven & i Holdings Co. will show how Japan’s consumer sector is faring as Asia’s earnings ...
Japan to begin test mining rare-earth mud from seabed in early 2026
Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 ...
Japan PM Ishiba Says President Trump May Be Misinformed on Some Tariff Issues
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's views on some ...
Japan islanders sleepless after 900 earthquakes in two weeks
More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping ...
Japan’s minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...
Explainer-What is Japan's trade policy on rice?
U.S. President Donald Trump has complained that Japan was not buying American rice, putting pressure on Tokyo as it struggles ...