MORIOKA -- Some 85% of nurses in Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan said they think about quitting their jobs either ...

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Prolonged high crude oil prices and shortages of oil-derived naphtha are casting a serious shadow over daily life in Japan.

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Instagram and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. posted results Wednesday for the first quarter that exceeded expectations, ...

Japan's industrial output in March fell 0.5 percent from the previous month, dragged down by the Middle East conflict that affected o ...

The United States and Britain secretly agreed in the early stages of the Cold War to the reciprocal use of military bases ...

The U.S. dollar strengthened to a roughly three-week high at the 160 yen level in New York on Wednesday following the release ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady as the Iran war drives up energy prices and ...