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TOKYO: Japan ordered its military on Saturday to prepare to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile after Pyongyang said this week that it was ready to launch its first military spy satellite.

Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Saturday ordered the country's military to prepare to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite should it fall within Japan's territory. Hamada ordered the Self-Defense Forces to make necessary preparations as he could potentially "order the destruction of ballistic missiles", the Defense Ministry said…

Following a solo visit to the White House earlier this month, Yuko Kishida, wife of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, told The Yomiuri Shimbun on Thursday that she had reaffirmed the ties between Japan and the United States and felt motivated to engage in diplomatic exchanges with leaders' spouses at an…

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday fell by -0.02%. The dollar Friday gave up an early advance and posted modest losses. Strength in the euro and yen Friday sparked long liquidation in the dollar. The dollar Friday initially moved higher after bond yields rose on the news that the...

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Russia's prosecutor general said on Friday it had banned a group campaigning for Japanese sovereignty over four disputed islands seized by the Soviet Union at the end of World War Two, amid rising tensions between Moscow and Tokyo.

The Japan-only classic that influenced everything from Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy to Metal Gear and Zelda is making a very odd comeback

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has donated religious offerings to a Tokyo shrine that China and the Koreas consider a symbol of Japan’s wartime militarism

A Japanese retailer is offering a free Intel graphics card if you purchase an Nvidia RTX 4090.