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The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak economic activity, a justification it may use to lift interest rates beyond ...

With reports swirling of harassed geisha, parking-spot punch-ons and tourist litter killing sacred deer, it’s no wonder some ...

Drug discovery using AI is being trumpeted as a way to shorten the time to lead candidate selection, reduce costs, and improve success rates, and Japanese drugmakers including Astellas Pharma ...

With the increasing number of foreign residents, the importance of Japanese language education is on the rise. Starting from the academic year 2024, Kobe University has been designated as the Kinki ...

On Friday, the Washington Nationals signed their first-ever player from Japan in left-handed pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara, agreeing to a two-year deal with the nine-year NPB veteran.

FILE - Ippei Mizuhara, center, the former interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Shohei Ohtani, leaves federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday, June 4, 2024, after pleading guilty ...

January 31 - Angel City FC announced the signing of Japanese defender Miyabi Moriya to a one-year deal. Moriya, who has earned 15 caps for the Japanese national team, comes to ACFC via transfer ...

Japanese companies are scrambling to improve English-language disclosures ahead of a requirement for many of them to publish financials more accessible to international investors ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed ...

MLB's annual international signing period opened Wednesday and while the baseball world awaits Roki Sasaki's decision, the Athletics swooped in to sign a touted Japanese two-way player.