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Shoppers in Japan are facing yet another expensive month at the supermarket. A survey has found that food and beverage makers plan to hike prices on over 2,000 items in July.

Officials in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido say a brown bear that fatally attacked a man last week was the same animal that attacked a woman four years ago.

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD says production of several models at its factory in Brazil will start within weeks.

Japan's 50th and final H2A rocket has successfully placed a greenhouse gas observing satellite into orbit.

A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

A magnitude-5.5 earthquake has struck Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US Agency for International Development, or USAID, is officially halting its foreign assistance programs.

US President Donald Trump says his administration will start sending out letters to countries on Friday notifying them of the tariff rates they will face.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Wednesday. It's the latest in a series of tremors that have rocked the region in recent weeks.

Japan's Emperor and Empress are set to begin their 8-day official visit to Mongolia. They will also mourn Japanese people who died after being detained there following World War Two.

Government measures to bring down the cost of Japan's staple food appear to be bearing fruit. A nationwide survey shows the price of rice at supermarkets falling for a fifth straight week, hitting ...