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Just as inflation ravages the big guns of U.S. apparel retail, awash in high inventory and deep discounts to lure shoppers back to stores, Japan's Uniqlo is set for its best year ever in North America after a COVID-imposed revolution in its business model.

Japan eyes nuclear power push to combat energy crunch

Dugong, a species that inspired ancient tales about mermaids and sirens for centuries, has been declared functionally extinct in China

Tears and team spirit: high-school baseball grips Japan

Japan may lift requirements for pre-departure COVID-19 tests for travellers and raise daily caps on entrants, domestic media have reported.

A study conducted by researchers in Japan found that dogs produce tears of joy when reunited with their owners after hours of separation.

Hanae Mori, a pioneering designer who brought Japanese motifs to the global haute couture stage and created the wedding dress worn by Empress Masako, had died aged 96.

Japan beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings Ltd is considering full-scale entry into the North American market, its chief executive said on Thursday.

Tokyo Olympics exec arrested over bribery allegations

Japan intends to keep a stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia.

Japan's SoftBank Group on Monday reported a record quarterly net loss of $23.4 billion, after interest rate hikes tanked tech shares.

An elderly woman was found inside cardboard boxes on the side of a highway after being dumped by her family in Puebla, Mexico.

ANA on Monday posted a quarterly net profit for the first time in two and a half years as the sector recovers from the financial pain of the pandemic.

Japan's national weather agency issued its top-level alert after the Sakurajima volcano, located in the Kagoshima Prefecture, erupted on Sunday.

The centuries-old mines stirring Japan-South Korea tensions

Japan regulator OKs release of treated Fukushima water

In stark contrast to Tempest, Europe's Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project, backed mostly by France and Germany, faced stagnation over the last year.

Bodyguards could have saved Shinzo Abe if they shielded him or removed him from the line of fire in the 2.5 seconds between a missed first shot and a second round of gunfire that fatally wounded him, according to eight security experts who reviewed footage of the former Japanese leader's assassination.

Japan's economy is likely to grow at a slower pace than previously thought throughout the rest of the fiscal year, a Reuters poll showed, as growing risks of a global economic slowdown and supply woes torment Japanese exporters.

A Japanese man has admitted to killing at least 30 green sea turtles after they got stuck in his fishing nets.

Britain and Japan are close to an agreement to merge their next-generation Tempest and F-X fighter jet programmes, with the two countries aiming for a deal on a new joint project by year-end, three sources told Reuters.

Japan mourns as funeral for former PM Abe held in Tokyo

After a strong showing in an election overshadowed by the killing of former premier Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may have fresh momentum to hike defence spending on a scale beyond the grasp of his slain mentor.

The mother of the man arrested for the killing of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is a member of the Unification Church, the church's Japan head said on Monday.

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, an official from his political party said.

The former leader had been delivering a stump speech at an event ahead of Sunday's upper house elections when the apparent sound of gunshots was heard

Japan introduces up to one-year jail time for cyberbullying

Japan has been left with unspent budget totalling 22.4 trillion yen ($161.41 billion) from the last fiscal year, a draft seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday, which analysts say may raise questions about the way stimulus measures are implemented.

Japan warns on 'interests' after Russia gas project decree

A US exploration team has managed to successfully unearth a ship that had sunk during World War II