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The Bank of Japan must closely watch the impact currency moves could have on the economy, its deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya said on Friday, reiterating a warning over the damage the currency's fall to 24-year lows may have on a fragile recovery.

Sri Lanka will call China, India and Japan to a donor conference to drum up more foreign assistance to find a way out of its worsening economic crisis, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

An extremely rare 15ft megamouth shark washed ashore in a village in the Philippines.

A court in Japan in its latest order has upheld the ban imposed on same-sex marriage in the country stating that the ban does not violate the constitution.

A 23-year-old woman named Noura Aly Essam, was kidnapped by her own father after she inherited a fortune in her grandfather's will.

Japan's government and central bank said on Friday they were concerned by recent sharp falls in the yen in a rare joint statement, the strongest warning to date that Tokyo could intervene to support the currency which has sunk to 20-year lows.

Old problems in China-Japan relations are intertwined with new ones, and the challenges cannot be ignored if the countries wish to have a "healthy" relationship, China's top diplomat said on Tuesday.

An 83-year-old Japanese man named, Kenichi Horie, has reportedly become the oldest person in the world to complete a solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

India has developed close ties with Washington in recent years and is a vital part of the Quad grouping aimed at pushing back against China.

IPEF is intended to offer US allies an alternative to China's growing commercial presence across the Asia-Pacific.

On the second leg of his first Asia trip as president, Biden is to meet with leaders of Japan, India and Australia

British inflation surged to its highest annual rate since 1982 as energy bills soared, while Canadian inflation rose to 6.8% last month, largely driven by rising food and shelter prices.

A weak yen, once considered a boon to the export-led economy, is now having less of an impact as shipments grow smaller, given the ongoing shift by Japanese manufacturers to offshore production.

Although three-quarters of Japanese firms have one or two female directors, only 5% have three or more, according to index data from MSCI.

The index excludes fresh food, which is a volatile factor, but includes energy items.

After lifting two years of on-and-off coronavirus curbs in March, the government was counting on what's known as "revenge spending"

Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman certified as the oldest person in the world by the Guinness World Records in 2019, passed away at the age of 119 at a hospital in Fukuoka city.

The Asia-Pacific region was the lone bright spot in Netflix's first-quarter earnings

A body of a child has been discovered during search and rescue operations initiated after a boat accident in northeastern Japan. The death toll in the accident has reached 11 now.

In its latest forecast issued this month, the IMF said it expects Asia's economy to expand 4.9% this year

Ten people who were found by rescue workers after a tour boat went missing off Japan's northern coast have been confirmed dead by the coast guard.

An ultra-rare giant squid, measuring about 9.8ft, washed up at a beach in Japan. The squid was found stranded at Ugu beach in Obama of Fukui Prefecture on Wednesday.

Japan's largest food chain Yoshinoya has fired its managing director Masaaki Ito following a backlash over his alleged sexist remarks.

The G20, chaired by Indonesia this year, includes major economies like the United States, China, India, Brazil, Japan and several countries in Europe.

Over 2 pounds of hand-rolled Japanese green tea leaves sold for a record-breaking 1.96 million yen (£11,881) at the season's inaugural auction on Monday.

Japan's Princess Mako who gave up her royal status to marry her commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro, is now reportedly working at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York as a volunteer.

Japan's health ministry says 637 technical interns quit because of pregnancy or childbirth between 2017 and 2020

A tsunami warning for waves of up to a metre in parts of northeast Japan was lifted in the early hours of Thursday

After an Omicron-driven spike in infections, cases in Japan now appear to have peaked

The couple is said to be planning a move to the United States after the marriage