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All survey respondents said they expect the BOJ to set the stage for a rate hike in December or January, as inflation and wages continue to rise.

The U.S. military, citing unspecified "risks to our personnel," on Monday banned electric vehicles manufactured by Chinese automaker BYD from Kadena, a key U.S. air base on Okinawa.

A popular Japanese cartoonist who has written books on history and monarchy has sued the government over a revised imperial succession law allowing royals to adopt male relatives from former branch families to father future heirs.

Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, denies charges that he fatally strangled Anna Yagi, 39, in a hotel on the island of Okinawa Prosecutors in Japan have filed formal charges against a US marine suspected of murdering and robbing a woman while stationed on the country’s island of Okinawa, according to Japanese media. Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old lance corporal assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, is charged with fatally strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the city and stealing from her a backpack containing a wallet, the public broadcaster NHK reported . Continue reading...

Japanese prosecutors on Sunday indicted a U.S. Marine on a charge of robbery and causing death in the killing of a 39-year-old woman in Okinawa earlier this month. Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, is accused of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, with a telephone cord and stealing her backpack at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa, […]

New policies expand the pool of eligible successors to the throne but maintain that they must be male.

Japanese prosecutors have indicted a U.S. Marine on charges of robbery and murder of a Japanese woman in the country's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, Japanese media reported.

A 93-year-old woman in western Japan outsmarted a suspected scammer by pretending to fall for the scheme and helping police arrest him at her home, an officer said.

One dead and 527 injured as winds of up to 185mph hit Taiwan and southern Japan, while Greece issues flood alerts Typhoon Champi was declared the strongest storm of the year so far after recording sustained winds of 185mph last week. From late Thursday to early Saturday morning the typhoon battered Taiwan and Japan’s southern islands. Champi approached the east coast of Taiwan before the centre of the storm turned south along the Yilan County coastline, looping offshore and then tracking northwards away from the island. The storm brought gusts of up to 141mph and 48-hour rainfall totals of more than 620mm to parts of Yilan. So far, the death toll remains at one, with 527 reported injured. There were widespread power outages, with more than 288,000 houses having no electricity at one point, although most had since been reconnected. Champi has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it rapidly weakens to the south-west of Japan’s mainland on Monday. Continue reading...

A 20-year-old U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan, has been indicted on charges murder and robbery.

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‘Feeding a cycle in the region’

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President Trump’s novel deal-making is on display in upstate New York, where the administration is funneling Japanese funds into a government-owned chip factory.

Core inflation, which strips out prices of fresh food, was in line with the 2.1% forecast by economists polled by Reuters.

Japan’s largest labor union federation will push for wage increases of around 6% in next year’s pay negotiations, seeking to build on recent gains as the government targets sustained pay rises to help drive consumer spending and boost economic growth.

Giada Ripa’s ambitious project combines archive photography from the 1860s, a modern dominatrix – and the story of a relative who became a muse to 19th-century artists and intellectuals Continue reading...

Japan is awash in tasty beer, from the large brands to boutique breweries, there’s something for everyone in Tokyo and Yokohama. Where should you drink?

The prime minister has won public backing with a bold vision.

Since becoming Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has been labeled a radical, a reflationist, a neo-militarist, a female leader who is holding women back. Most of these labels range from inaccurate to nonsensical. But what’s undeniable is that she has made the Japanese premiership feel relevant to a degree it hasn’t for years, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Gearoid Ready says. (Source: Bloomberg)

Japan’s top government spokesman called for the immediate release of a Japanese journalist detained in Russia for suspected spying, as Moscow denies access to the individual by consular officials.

Japan's imports grew 18.9%, also missing expectations of 19.6% from Reuters.

Last October, Sanae Takaichi became the first woman to stand at the lectern of Japan’s parliamentary hall as prime minister. Now, the test is whether she can deliver on her promises.

The straight-talking PM’s ability to manage Trump and stand up to China have endeared her to the public, but she may need friends closer to home to survive The visitors squeezed into the kiosk near Japan ’s national diet building snap up souvenirs bearing the face of Sanae-chan, the affectionate nickname for the country’s leader: chocolate biscuits, dango sweets, stickers and document files proclaiming that “Japan is back”. “The Takaichi range is incredibly popular,” says a member of staff. Continue reading...

A year after taking power, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is betting ¥370 trillion ($2.3 trillion) on reviving Japan’s economy. But can she deliver growth without adding to the country’s enormous debt? (Source: Bloomberg)