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Robots wore Hawks caps and waved flags supporting the team as they danced before the game

Japanese baseball team turn to robots for support

News Lens / 13 hrs

Debris litters a village following heavy rain in Kumamura, Kumamoto, Japan

Rain pounds central Japan as 61 feared dead in south

Japanese households were the most pessimistic about the economy in more than a decade, a new survey shows

Japan households most pessimistic in over a decade

Business / 07 Jul

A collapsed road caused by heavy rain in Kuma, Kumamoto prefecture

52 dead in Japan floods as more troops join rescue

A collapsed house lies on a street in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture

Dozens dead, missing after heavy rain in Japan

Roads have been cut off by floods and landslides

14 feared dead as heavy rain lashes western Japan

The UK has just six weeks to finish negotiating a post-Brexit deal with Japan, Tokyo's chief negotiator has warned

Six weeks for trade deal with UK - Japan negotiator

Business / 23 Jun

Nissan plans to cancel all night shifts at its plant in Oppama and at a production line in Kyushu between June 29 and July 31

Nissan plans more shift cuts at Japan car plants

Business / 19 Jun

Japan's GDP contracted by 0.6% in the three months from January to March compared to the previous quarter

Japan economy better than feared but still in recession

Business / 08 Jun

Our average field of vision while staring down at a phone is estimated to be 5% of what our eyes take in normally

Japanese city may ban looking at phones while walking

Nissan has decided to shut its factory in Barcelona where 3,000 people are employed

Nissan reports first annual loss in 11 years

Business / 28 May

36 people died and 34 were injured in the Kyoto studio blaze last year

Man arrested over fire that killed 36 people in Japan

Locals enjoying the sunshine at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan

Japan lifts national state of emergency

Renault makes its electric Zoe models and the Micra car for Nissan in its Flins plant in France

Warning that Renault may disappear, Nissan plans cuts

Business / 22 May

Japan's car makers are struggling to cope with the health crisis, which has pummelled car sales due to lockdowns in many countries

Japan exports fall as pandemic wipes out global demand

Business / 21 May

Mitsubishi did not give an earnings forecast for the current business year, as it waits to get a better view of the longer term impact of the coronavirus

Mitsubishi Motors' annual profit tumbles

Business / 19 May

Japan is on course for its deepest postwar slump as the coronavirus crisis ravages businesses and consumers

Covid-19 pandemic tips Japan's economy into recession

Business / 18 May

Face masks and food handed out to people in need at a church in Madrid

Spain's daily coronavirus death toll rises above 200

Coronavirus / 14 May

Nintendo has reported surging demand for its Switch games console

Nintendo says Animal Crossing is fastest-selling game

Business / 07 May

The Covid-19 outbreak in Japan remains comparatively small compared to those seen in parts of Europe and the US

Japan extends Covid-19 state of emergency until 31 May

Coronavirus / 04 May

Japan's second biggest car maker said that it expected an annual operating loss of as much as $419.7m

Nissan slashes full-year results forecast

Business / 28 Apr

Kim Jong-un pictured in March

Japan PM 'aware' of reports on Kim Jong-un's health

Japan expanded a state of emergency this month that asks citizens to stay home and businesses to close

Bank of Japan expands stimulus again as virus pain deep

Business / 27 Apr

Japan has approved a massive stimulus package worth 108 trillion yen ($990 billion) - equal to 20% of its economic output

Japan approves near $1 trillion stimulus programme

Business / 07 Apr

Shinzo Abe wearing a face mask, arrives for a committee meeting at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo

Japan declares state of emergency in parts over virus

Coronavirus / 07 Apr

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