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Bank of Japan holds rates steady, open to future hike - as it happened
The Bank of Japan kept policy rate at 0.5% and said it can resume hikes if economy and inflation meet expectations.
Multiple Whales Washed Ashore by Tsunami in Japan
The Kuril Islands and Japan's northern island of Hokkaido were hit by tsunami waves after a magnitude 8.8 undersea earthquake ...
130 foot waves. A nuclear disaster. Comparing Japan's 2011 tsunami to today's
The earthquake was powerful. One of the strongest ever recorded. Unlike 2011's Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, there ...
Sempra, Japan's JERA enter into 20-year LNG supply deal
Sempra Infrastructure, a unit of U.S. energy company Sempra, will supply 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...
Women’s Open 2025 Round 1: What to know as Japan dominates the leaderboard
PORTHCAWL, WALES – It was both rain and shine on the first day of the Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl.
Americans Book 'Art Hotel' in Japan—Can't Cope With What It Turns Out To Be
"It honestly was such a cool hotel," but they had "no clue" the room would look like the way it did, the women told Newsweek.
Japan's FX reserve account reaps record surplus in FY2024
Japan logged a record surplus of $36 billion from a special government account for foreign exchange reserves in the last ...