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Japanese prosecutors again sought the death penalty in the retrial on Wednesday of an ex-boxer who was the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014.
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
TOKYO -- Vietnam's national assembly on Wednesday elected 66-year-old Public Security Minister To Lam as the country's president, the second-highest post in the Communist Party.
TOKYO -- As the U.S. prepares fresh tariffs on Chinese products, Japan's top currency diplomat voiced concern about economic fragmentation "for geopolitical reasons" ahead of a meeting of senior Group of Seven finance officials this week.
TOKYO -- Panasonic Holdings is looking to more than double its domestic production of EV batteries to supply potential customers like Mazda and Subaru and improve the performance of its Japanese factory.
TOKYO -- Japan, China and South Korea will likely hold their first trilateral summit in about four and a half years in Seoul on May 26-27. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are expected to discuss a range of issues aimed at promoting stability and prosperity in the region.
TOKYO -- Increasing funding and transparency are key for enabling action to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels, Yalchin Rafiyev, the chief negotiator of the presidency for the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, told Nikkei Asia on Wednesday.
TOKYO -- Japan's 10-year government bond yield rose to a 11-year high, as the Bank of Japan moves to normalize itsinterest rate policy and investors weigh the possibility that the central bank may raise interest rates or scale back purchases of government bonds in the near future. This has made them cautious about holding government debt.