In Japan, natural disasters occur frequently. Since the archipelago is situated along the Ring of Fire, an area where several tectonic plates meet, it is vulnerable to many natural disasters ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It’s brewed in centuries-old mountaintop ...

Japan joined the World Bank in August 1952, the year after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in Japan with World Bank loans for the ...

In March, the two Japanese car makers agreed to explore a strategic partnership for electric vehicles. Danish authorities reject a Japanese bid to extradite the campaigner because of his time ...

TOKYO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Japan's government finalised a $92 billion supplementary budget on Friday to shield households from rising living costs, which may underpin consumption but also worsen ...

TOKYO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer price inflation probably accelerated in November, driven by persistently high rice prices and the phasing out of utility subsidies, a Reuters poll ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology seen as key to future developments by economic and political decision-makers in Japan. In April 2024, the Japan Business Federation published a report ...

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During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.