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China's Xi warns of clash with US over Taiwan in summit...
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday told U.S. President ...
Trump has fanfare-filled meeting with Xi in China, but ...
BEIJING (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday kicked off a summit with Chin...
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Japan may step into currency market again to support ye...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese authorities may continue to step into the currency mar...
Trump, Xi voice hope to improve US-China ties as they b...
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping ...
Japan gov't mulling extra budget for FY 2026 to ease im...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is considering a supplementary budget f...
Israeli drone strikes on vehicles in Lebanon kill 12 pe...
BEIRUT (AP) -- Israeli airstrikes Wednesday struck seven vehicles in Lebanon -- ...
Baseball: Ohtani tosses 7 shutout innings, pitches Dodg...
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- A dominant Shohei Ohtani threw seven scoreless innings to...
Editorial: Forcing through lower house seat cuts would ...
Treating a cut in the number of seats in Japan's House of Representatives as a f...
Japan's Takaichi mulls Britain, Italy visits before G7 ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering traveling...
Japan sisters take matcha across US to spread tea cultu...
TSU -- Driven by a desire to spread the appeal of matcha tea and peace overseas,...
Japan 'robot wolves' in high demand to scare off bears
A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by ord...
M5.0 quake hits Iwate Prefecture in northeast Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck an inland area of Iwate...
Nikkei ends at record high above 63,000, boosted by rob...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high on Wednesday, boo...
Japan OKs insurance coverage for ¥55.3 mil Parkinson's ...
A Japanese health ministry panel on Wednesday approved public health insurance c...
Japan's 3 megabanks set to use Anthropic's latest AI fo...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's three megabanks, including MUFG Bank, are expected to g...
