Earthquake jolts southern Japan's Ehime, Kochi prefectures
TOKYO — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan late on Wednesday (April 17), said the Japan Meteorological Agency, without issuing a tsunami warning.
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Academics in Japan shun events in China amid fears over professor’s disappearance in Shanghai
Concerns have mounted since Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed on Monday that Tokyo was “aware” that professor Fan Yuntao had been missing after making what was meant to be a brief return to Shanghai in late February 2023.
Japanese nationals escape Pakistan suicide attack, as separatist groups target foreigners, including Chinese migrant workers
Five Japanese nationals in Pakistan escaped unhurt on Friday from a suicide bomb attack on their vehicle as police shot down a gunman accompanying the bomber, a police spokesperson said, but two bystanders were among the three injured.
Kobayashi factory searched over deaths possibly linked to supplements
TOKYO — Japanese health officials searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory on Saturday (March 30) after the drugmaker reported five deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements using red yeast rice, an official said.
Standard Chartered says Japan 'very, very close' to yen intervention
Japan is "very, very close" to intervening in the yen, Steven Englander, head of Global G10 FX research and North America macro strategy at Standard Chartered Bank, told CNBC as the currency languishes at multi-decade lows.
2 more deaths linked to Japan company’s cholesterol-lowering tablets
Last week, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical recalled three supplement brands – “Beni Koji Choleste Help” and two others – after customer complaints of kidney problems.
Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations in latest break from pacifist principles
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles.
U.S. eyes change to military command in Japan as China threat looms: Reuters
U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will agree next month to tighter military cooperation, including talks on the biggest potential change to Washington's East Asia command structure in decades, two sources said.