Japan's unemployment rate falls to 22-year low
The unemployment rate in Japan falls to the lowest level in about 22 years.
read moreEvacuation order lifted in 3 areas in Fukushima
The Japanese government has lifted evacuation orders in some parts of Fukushima near the nuclear power plant.
read moreChanging Japan's overtime culture
Japanese work culture is synonymous with armies of office workers in dark suits doing endless overtime. Politicians and ...
read moreYoung man hopes to spread 'Japanese Tip'
Cash tipping isn't done in Japan, so a young man has come up with a different way of saying thanks--the 'Japanese Tip.'
read moreToshiba gets approval for chip unit sale
Toshiba moves to sell its profitable memory chip unit amid huge losses.
read moreReps don new folding helmets for quake drill
Members of Japan's house of representatives drill for an earthquake using a new folding helmet.
read moreFast Retailing chief blasts Trump policies
Fast Retailing president Tadashi Yanai says President Donald Trump's policies could spur Uniqlo to pull out of the US ma...
read moreFukushima town opens mall to welcome residents home
A mall opens in a town near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
read moreSnow corridor open for 2 days
A beautiful snow corridor with eight-meter walls in northern Japan is open to the public for just two days.
read moreIsland stranded by tsunami gets new bridge
Workers in Kesennuma, northeast Japan put in place the main span of a key bridge destroyed by the 2011 tsunami.
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