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Typhoon Saola brings heavy rain in southern Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Typhoon Saola barreled towards Japan's southernmost Okinawa island chain on Saturday bringing heavy rain as authorities…

Executive Secretary Medialdea appointed gov’t caretaker during President Duterte’s 3-day visit to Japan

(Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte has designated Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as caretaker of the government while he is…

Tokyo stocks open higher on US tax-cut hopes

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher on Friday, boosted by exporters and banks as the yen fell against…

Tokyo stocks slightly higher in early trade

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Thursday but then moved into the green, supported by some sound corporate earnings…

President Duterte set for 3-day visit to Japan

(Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte will be on a working visit to Japan from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31.…

Tokyo stocks open higher, extending winning streak

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Wednesday, with the benchmark index extending the longest winning streak in its…

South Korea, Japan and U.S. kick off two-day missile tracking drill

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- South Korea's military said on Tuesday (October 24) that South Korea, the United States and…

Toshiba boss sorry as shareholders blast $18 bn chip sale

by Kyoko Hasegawa  Agence France-Presse CHIBA, Japan (AFP) -- Toshiba's president Tuesday apologized "sincerely" over the $18-billion sale of its prized memory…

Typhoon leaves five dead after lashing Japan on election day

  by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful typhoon left five dead, one missing and…

Five things to know about Japan’s pacifist constitution

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-held dream to change the pacifist constitution got a big boost this weekend…

Tokyo stocks open higher after Abe’s big election win

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) --Tokyo's benchmark stock index extended a record winning streak on Monday as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory…

Abe targets N. Korea after storming to ‘super-majority’ vote win

by Richard Carter/ Miwa Suzuki  © Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stormed to a landslide "super-majority" in…

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