Spending by Japan's households marked a first year-on-year increase in two months in May. They spent more on cars and travel.

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Many Japanese rice traders expected in June that prices of the staple food would drop over the next three months, data from a public-interest association showed Friday, with the government releasing ...

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As a Wednesday deadline approaches for steeper US tariffs to hit dozens of economies ranging from the EU to India, trade negotiations with President Donald Trump's administration are coming down to ...

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President Donald Trump has been ramping up his tariff threats against Japan, accusing the country of refusing to buy U.S.

Wild Ginger, an Asian fusion restaurant in Great Neck Plaza, served its last meal after 23 years due to rising and ...

Biodiversity continued to decrease in most of the areas we studied, irrespective of population increase or decrease. Only ...