US, Japan join forces to boost yen
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan and the United States said Monday they were ready to act again following their first joint ...
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US, Japan support yen with first joint intervention since 2011
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan and the United States said Monday they were ready to act again following their first joint ...
Trump says US support for Japanese yen a ‘signal of friendship’
Washington (United States) (AFP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed that the United States had intervened jointly with Japan ...
AI ignites ‘ignored sector’ for Japan chipmaker Kioxia
Kitakami (Japan) (AFP) - Robotic transporters carrying silicon wafers whizz by on overhead rails at a new factory that Kioxia, ...
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
Tokyo (AFP) - In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business ...
‘AI simply can’t replicate it’: Japan embraces zine trend
Kyoto (Japan) (AFP) - Through the noise of rushing papers and whirring belts at a print factory in Kyoto, two ...
Toshifumi Suzuki, ‘father’ of Japan convenience stores, dies at 93
Tokyo (AFP) - Former chairman of Seven & i Holdings Toshifumi Suzuki, credited for the global success of 7-Eleven convenience ...
Japan inflation slows more than expected in April
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's inflation slowed more than expected in April, government data showed Friday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...
EV overhaul drags Honda to first operating loss since 1957
Tokyo (AFP) - Honda announced Thursday its first operational loss since 1957 after a major overhaul of its electric vehicle ...
Japan crisp packs to go colourless due to Iran war crunch
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's leading potato chip maker is feeling the crunch from shortages linked to the Iran war, swapping ...
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