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Japan logged a trade deficit last year for the first time since 2015, with export growth slowing amid tensions between the country's two biggest trading… Read
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The leaders of Russia and Japan acknowledged Tuesday that settling a decades-long territorial dispute poses a daunting challenge but vowed to continue negotiations. The Soviet… Read
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Three-quarters of Japanese companies have no plan to create committees overseeing compensation or executive nomination, a Reuters survey found, reflecting indifference to boosting governance after… Read
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Police in Tokyo have arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of rape and robbery just 11 days after he was released from prison for serving… Read
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Democracy is in the midst of a change across the globe. At the same time, the world order is crumbling. This contour will become even… Read
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