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Asian shares trade mixed amid investor worries after Wall Street tumble
Asian shares were trading mixed amid global skepticism about U.S. investments and President Donald Trump’s trade war.
JCP newspaper granted access to Osaka expo after initial rejection
Organizers of the Osaka Kansai Expo issued a press pass to the official newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party after ...
Hino, Mitsubishi nearing final agreement on merger talks
Major truck manufacturers Hino Motors Ltd. and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. are nearing a final agreement on their ...
Tokyo ordered to help victim, 67, of birth mix-up find his real parents
A court on April 21 ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government to help a man, who was switched at birth 67 years ago, find his ...
Study: Suicide rate among pupils rises from April to June
The suicide rate among elementary school pupils has surged in recent years and tends to spike in the April to June period, ...
Ishiba appears flexible on U.S. autos, but not on produce, security
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba indicated Japan was prepared to take deregulatory measures in response to demands from U.S.
U.N. researchers warn that Asian scam operations are spreading across the rest of the world
BANGKOK--Transnational organized crime groups in East and Southeast Asia are spreading their lucrative scam operations across ...
Opinion
VOX POPULI: Can't stop seeing minister’s self-abasement at the White House
Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, signs a cap for Ryosei Akazawa, the minister of economic revitalization, in a meeting ...
Thai-Chinese company denies flouting safety measures in probe of skyscraper collapse following quake
BANGKOK--A Thai-Chinese company denied Monday allegations its steel rods did not pass safety standard tests after nationwide ...
‘For our country’: China’s patriots are buying the dip
As China stocks plunged 7% on April 7, state-backed institutional investors publicly vowed to buy more shares, top Chinese ...
Walk across starry sky in ‘aerial garden' atop skyscraper
OSAKA--After sunset when Osaka’s central Umeda district dazzles with vibrant neon lights, visitors head upward to enjoy the ...
U.S. general says allied forces can repel Asia aggression as Philippines combat drills open
MANILA--Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces opened annual combat drills Monday that include repelling an island ...