In the face of criticism, Shoko Kawata, 35, says she loves her job and is proud to be taking time off to have a baby.

By Makiko Yamazaki and Leika Kihara TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - Japan issued a fresh warning to currency markets on Friday as Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Tokyo was in regular contact with Washington on foreign exchange issues and remained ready to support the yen after it clawed its way back from 40-year lows.

Japan took a lead near the half-hour mark through Kaishu Sano as Casemiro and Gabriel Magalhaes switched off in their own half.

If Japan intervenes to support the yen, investors will also be watching the country's dollar-denominated reserve assets, including US Treasurys.

In 2007 Japan’s prime minister, Abe Shinzo, told India’s parliament that the Indian and Pacific oceans were merging into a “confluence of the two seas”. Japan’s current leader, Takaichi Sanae, hopes to build upon her mentor’s vision of an open Indo-Pacific.

Vinnie Massaro reflects on nearly three decades in professional wrestling, from Japan wrestling at Korakuen Hall to training the next generation.

Eiko Kadono, the 91-year-old author behind Japan’s most famous and beloved children’s fantasy books, has a little trouble going up the stairs these days

Cognition AI opened its first Asia office in Tokyo earlier this year. "The country is running on aging infrastructure with a declining workforce."