White Sox are counting on Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami to add pop to their lineup

Murakami hit .270 with 246 homers and 647 RBIs in 892 games over eight seasons with the Yakult Swallows of Japan’s Central ...

Hundreds swarm for sushi and sashimi at Bay Area's newest Japanese supermarket

Tokyo Central brings its vast selection of Japanese seafood, produce and beverages to Emeryville, including many items ...

Japanese photographer 'obsessed with mountains': Word from the Smokies

The southern portion of the Japanese Alps also stretches into Shizuoka prefecture. Today more than ten percent of the land in ...

Pokemon card event at controversial shrine to Japanese war dead canceled after China protests

A Pokemon card event for Saturday at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine was canceled and the Pokemon Company, an affiliate ...
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Japan’s PM talks up weak yen as her government tackles currency decline

The yen has hovered at 18 month lows against the US dollar, contributing to inflation that has raised the prospect of ...

Japan PM Takaichi clarifies remarks risked being seen as backing weaker yen

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday sought to clarify remarks she made the previous day that risked being ...

6 arrested over 51 million yen robbery in Hong Kong, with ‘mole’ among victims

Hong Kong police have arrested six suspects in connection with a 51 million yen (US$330,800) robbery outside a currency ...

Japan markets on edge over looser fiscal policy, ex-currency diplomat Watanabe says

By Makiko Yamazaki and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Japan will continue to face market jitters over fiscal ...
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New Japanese restaurant with ‘chef-driven experience' sets UTC opening date

Executive chef Atsushi Okawara previously led the kitchen at Miami Beach's Den - a Michelin one-star restaurant ...

Japan's Takaichi cites weak yen's benefits even as her government threatens intervention

TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi cited some benefits of a weaker yen on Saturday, in stark ...
Opinion

Young Japanese voters adore their new conservative PM. But that doesn’t mean they are shifting to the right

Sanae Takaichi may seemingly have old-fashioned values, but it’s her economic offering that has captured young people’s imaginations, says freelance journalist Karin Kaneko ...
The Japan Times

Event held to honor WWII-era Japanese-American rights activist

At a time of immigration raids in the U.S. participants emphasized that forced detentions like those during WWII must never ...