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The decision comes as speculation continues to swirl around whether the Bank of Japan will hike rates at a faster pace.

Residents in southwestern Japan have had to resort to sleeping in their cars for shelter, after a recent 6.8 magnitude.

The magnitude 7.1 quake has killed 34 people and left six more seriously injured.

Japan holds first meeting of the National Intelligence Council

Death toll from Japan's Kumamoto Earthquake rises to 35

Thousands of people spent another night at evacuation centers set up throughout the area in gymnasiums and other big spaces

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on Thursday began the 22nd round discharge of nuclear-contaminated water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea.

Uncertainty over crude oil supplies via the Strait of Hormuz is pushing Asian states towards Canada's TMX crude oil.

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit a day earlier in the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu also left at least 62 people injured, six of them seriously.

China is gravely concerned over the large-scale use of artificial intelligence (AI) reportedly by Japan's right-wing forces to distort the history of aggression against China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

China expresses mourning for lives lost and sympathies to the bereaved families and the injured in the earthquake that recently hit Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Japan says over 9,000 people in evacuation centers after quake

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday that 13 people had been confirmed dead after a powerful earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan.

Two Japanese maps produced before 1895 continue to attract attention today

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Japan's Kyushu island, causing building collapses, fires and widespread damage.

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan, causing widespread damage, injuries and fears of deaths.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japans southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon, causing damage and injuries, officials said.

Between 20 and 30 employees remain unaccounted for following an explosion at Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, after a powerful earthquake struck the region earlier, public broadcaster NHK reported.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday once again urged Japan to have a thorough probe into, do soul-searching on, rectify its wrongdoing about the incident of intrusion by a Self-Defense Forces (SDF) officer into the Chinese embassy, and provide a responsible explanation to China and the international community.

Powerful earthquake hits Japan's Kyushu, tsunami advisory lifted

Russia warns Japan's nuclear ambitions would erode regional stability

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held no meeting or any form of exchange with Japan's foreign minister in Manila, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian reiterated on Monday, refuting the Japanese side's claim of in-person interaction.

The city assembly of Ginowan in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, together with local business organizations, held a rally on Sunday and issued a joint statement urging the Japanese and US governments to set a clear deadline for the return of the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, local media reported.

Eighty-one years ago today, the Potsdam Proclamation was issued in Germany, marking a decisive moment in the final stage of World War II. The document was not only a final ultimatum demanding Japan's unconditional surrender but also a key international document that helped shape the postwar order.

India's first bullet train corridor, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail, has returned to the spotlight after a public exchange between a former Japanese cabinet minister and the Indian government

The 21st round of ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was completed, the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, said on Friday.

Lee was highlighting the country's excessive investment in real estate, and highlighted that Japan's housing market "burst like a balloon."

The Chinese delegation refuted Japan's false rhetoric regarding the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, and the so-called "China threat" at the ASEAN Regional Forum and the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meetings held in Manila, the Philippines.

This is the first rise in core inflation since March, and was in line with the1.6% growth expected by economists polled by Reuters.

New rules around casual office attire mark a bold change in a country where dark suits and white shirts have long been the uniform for office workers.

Japan's public broadcaster NHK aired a documentary on Monday, focusing on the wartime crimes of Unit 731, a covert biological warfare unit of the Japanese army during World War II.

A toilet maker, a glass fiber manufacturer and the maker of MSG have in Japan have become major beneficiaries of the AI boom.

Exports climbed 19.3%, while imports spiked 25.3% compared to June last year.

Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet dropped sharply by 10 percentage points from June to 41%, falling below the disapproval rate, which climbed to 44%, a nationwide opinion poll by Mainichi Shimbun showed on Sunday.

China claims lone title as Feng, Huang top mixed doubles at Japan Open

Nvidia announces new AI model, Cosmos 3 Edge, and expansion of its physical AI ecosystems in Japan.

Japan's involvement in South China Sea affairs has shifted from diplomatic statements and capacity-building to a more operational and institutionalized military arrangement.

China has vowed to take firm and decisive measures in response to Japan's recent provocative remarks and actions regarding the so-called South China Sea arbitration award.

China on Sunday lodged a serious protest with Japan over its remarks and actions concerning the so-called 2016 South China Sea arbitration award, accusing Tokyo of undermining regional peace and stability and challenging the post-war international order.

China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the statement made by Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi ten years after the so-called "2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea," a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Sunday.

Ukraine is interested in cooperating with Japan's Mitsubishi, a licensed manufacturer of missiles for the Patriot air defense system, Ukrinform reported.

Tankers transit Hormuz despite renewed US-Iran tensions Vessels transporting liquified natural gas (LNG) have resumed passage through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, according to ship-tracking data, with authorities in Tokyo reporting that 22 Japan-linked ships have left the Gulf since Tuesday

More than eight decades later, the suffering caused by Japan's wartime aggression continues to cast a long shadow over the Asia-Pacific

China warns against Japan's space military build-up and neo-militarism

A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday denounced Japan for accelerating the weaponization and militarization of space.

Japanese lawmakers were reportedly preparing to submit a bill in early July to provide aid to surviving civilian victims of the Pacific War, part of World War II, reviving debate over Japan's unresolved postwar reparations issues.

The divergence within Japanese society regarding the nature of the war and historical responsibility appears on the surface as a split in historical narratives

China on Tuesday marked the 89th anniversary of the Lugou Bridge Incident, also known as the July 7 Incident of 1937, which marked the start of the entire nation's resistance against Japanese aggression during World War II.

Japan's remilitarization risks reopening Asia's wartime wounds

Japan starts 21st Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water discharge

The Joint Staff Office of the Japanese Ministry of Defense released footage on Friday showing on-site tracking of Chinese naval vessels, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning and the Type 055 large destroyer

A book launch in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Sunday unveiled previously unpublished archival evidence exposing the germ warfare crimes perpetrated by notorious Japanese Unit 731 during WWII.

M6.4 earthquake strikes off Japan's Miyakojima Island

Fuel surcharges at Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways increased Wednesday, despite falling jet fuel costs in Asia.