Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, ...

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The Catholic Church’s weekly newspaper in Japan ended its 102-year history with the March 30 edition, unable to bear the increasing costs and falling subscriptions, sources say. The first issue of ...

The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up ...

A man has been arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with a chemical believed to be bleach at a tire factory in central Japan.

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the ...