If you live in Japan and have noticed that your morning caffeine fix doesn’t quite pack the kick you were expecting, blame it on the war in Ukraine. It turns out that the quality of coffee beans exported to Japan has dropped slightly. This, say experts, is largely due to the soaring...
Foreign investors sold the largest amount of Japanese stocks since March last week amid signs of risk aversion. They dumped ¥913 billion ($6.1 billion) of equities, more than three times as much as the previous week, data from Japan Exchange Group Inc. showed. It was the biggest...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed Sunday with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol that their countries will continue to work together to deepen bilateral relations, the government said. During their meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, Kishida also...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield Sister Cities Association held the 27th annual Japanese Fall Festival this weekend, celebrating and teaching about Japanese culture. “Our kids are running around here having a good time,” said Bob Lynch, a festival attendee. “And we just enjoy the...
A Japanese district court on Wednesday ordered the state and others to pay a total of 350 million yen ($2.3 million) in damages to 128 unrecognized sufferers of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, making it the first such ruling among similar lawsuits filed nationwide over the...
