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Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...

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Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, reached a costly settlement with a woman over an alleged sex assault.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government nominated female economist Junko Koeda to replace Seiji Adachi on the BOJ policy ...

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The chairman and president of Fuji TV, one of Japan's biggest networks, have resigned in the wake of a sexual misconduct ...

It was difficult to meet new people while staying in Japanese capsule hotels. Hostels were more social.

Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication. But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison. The population here reflects the aging society outside ...