North Korea says Japan’s missile expansion is raising regional security risks

SEOUL--North Korea accused Japan ‌of heightening regional security risks ⁠by accelerating ⁠the deployment and development of ...

Honda flags first annual loss, hit by $15.7 billion EV charge

Honda Motor Co. will ‌ fall to its first annual loss in almost 70 years ⁠ as a listed company, ⁠ hit by up to up to 2.5 trillion ​yen ($15.7 billion) in restructuring costs at its EV business, it said ...

VOX POPULI: 'Yudan!' relevant again as Japan loses footing in the Middle East

Taichi Sakaiya (1935-2019), a prominent Japanese economist and bureaucrat-turned-author, wrote his debut novel while still serving at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, now the Ministry ...

Koizumi to push warship, radar exports during S.E. Asia trip

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi plans to visit the Philippines and Indonesia in early May, where he is expected to discuss ...
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BASEBALL/ Ohtani is back in Miami, hoping for more magic in the WBC

MIAMI--Shohei Ohtani calls Miami’s loanDepot Park, the site of the knockout rounds of this year’s World Baseball Classic, one of his favorite stadiums. It’s not hard to imagine why. It’s the place ...

Asian stocks slide as Iran war keeps oil near $100, dents rate-cut bets

SINGAPORE--Asian stocks slumped on Friday, poised for a second straight weekly decline as fast-dwindling hopes of a resolution to the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran kept oil prices aloft, casting a ...

G7 energy ministers stop short of oil reserves release, ask IEA to study options

BRUSSELS/PARIS--G7 energy ministers stopped short of agreeing ‌on a release of strategic oil reserves on Tuesday and ⁠instead ...

U.S. navy aircraft transits Taiwan Strait ahead of Trump’s planned China visit

TAIPEI--A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait in ‌international airspace on Wednesday, in ⁠a move ...

Waste mound collapse at Indonesia’s largest landfill kills 7

JAKARTA--A massive avalanche of garbage at Indonesia’s largest landfill killed seven people after heavy overnight rain ...
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U.S. launches unfair-trade probes to rebuild Trump’s tariff pressure

WASHINGTON--U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Wednesday it was launching two trade investigations into excess industrial capacity in 16 major trading partners and into forced labor, ...

Osaka faces crisis as foreign pupil applicants double in spring

A special high school entrance exam in Osaka for students from overseas was overwhelmed this spring after the number of applicants doubled, leaving more than 100 students without a slot.

10 meters of underground pipe jut out of Osaka road

OSAKA—Passers-by near JR Osaka Station and Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station had a bizarre start to the day when they were met with the sight of roughly 10 meters of a massive underground pipe sticking out ...