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The Bank of Japan decided to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate at around 0.5% at a monetary policy meeting on ...
The Japanese and U.S. governments discussed trade expansion and a review of Japan’s non-tariff barriers during the second ...
“Scientists once believed that only animals who were vocal learners — like humans and parrots — could learn to find a beat,” ...
A body was removed on Friday from the driver’s seat of a truck that had fallen into a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, ...
South Korea’s acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, said Thursday he is resigning to take on “heavier responsibility” ...
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years ...
Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Maybe Happy Ending” — each earned a leading 10 Tony Award nominations ...
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is nominating national security adviser Mike Waltz as United Nations ambassador ...
At any convenience store, there are now footprint marks on the floor that lead up to the cash registers. People wait on these ...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday expressed his opposition to a proposed plan to cut consumption taxes, questioning ...
Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa arrived in Washington on Wednesday for a second round of tariff negotiations ...
A bipartisan resolution was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday requesting the government take ...