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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in his party in a scandal shaking his already weak grip on power

It's late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed "soapland" sex parlours in a historic Tokyo red-light district.

The E10 Shinkansen train is set to enter service in 2030

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Ohtani spoke with SI to promote becoming the first baseball player to join the Fortnite Icon Series.

Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has reiterated its determination to acquire Seven & i Holdings, although the operator of Japan’s top convenience store chain has rejected its offer

Celtic duo earn Japan call up - as Kyogo joins former teammates.

Hundreds of fans at Tokyo’s Haneda airport lined up 10 deep and hoping to catch a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani as he arrived in Tokyo

The directors of Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) said on Thursday they were seeking a "friendly" buyout of 7-Eleven but lamented a lack of progress towards a deal.