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Japanese exports rose for the 12th consecutive month in November

Japan trade surplus drops sharply on higher oil imports

Business / 18 Dec 17

The Bank of Japan's Tankan reading was the highest since its December 2006 poll

Japanese business confidence hits 11-year high

Business / 15 Dec 17

Japan's GM Internet started a Bitcoin trading and exchange business in May

Japan firm says it will pay part of salaries in Bitcoin

Business / 15 Dec 17

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants companies to lift wages by 3%

Japan clears corporate tax cut to encourage wage hikes

Business / 14 Dec 17

It is the latest in a series of fishing boats washing ashore in Japan in recent weeks

Three NK fishing crew arrested over generator theft

News / 09 Dec 17

Mitsubishi Materials boss Akira Takeuchi (middle) apologises for the scandal that could affect more than 250 of its customers

Scandal-hit Mitsubishi Materials sees shares plunge

Business / 24 Nov 17

Local police were alerted about the group early this morning and took them into custody

Japan arrests eight men claiming to be North Koreans

News / 24 Nov 17

F/A-18E Super Hornet launching from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan

Japan-US launch naval drill in show of force at K Korea

World / 16 Nov 17

Japanese gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.3% in the third quarter of the year

Japan's economy continues growth spurt but pace slows

Business / 15 Nov 17

Nissan said last month it was recalling 1.2 million cars in Japan that had failed to meet domestic rules on final vehicle inspections.

Nissan cuts annual operating profit forecast

Business / 08 Nov 17

Donald Trump at a state dinner in South Korea

Trump warns N Korea of military might on visit to Seoul

News / 07 Nov 17

Mr Trump was speaking at Yokota AirBase

Trump warns 'no dictator' should underestimate US

News / 05 Nov 17

Since the start of the programme on 1 September, four employees out of 42 smokers have kicked the habit

Japanese firm gives non-smokers six extra holidays

Business / 01 Nov 17

The video includes shots of zombies (Pic: YouTube)

Japanese village tries to scare up some new residents

News Lens / 31 Oct 17

The apartment in Zama where the body parts were found

Nine dismembered bodies found in Japanese flat

News / 31 Oct 17

A member of Mr Shinzo's cabinet said that both Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump will remain in close contact over North Korea

Trump, Abe agree to work together on North Korea

North Korea / 30 Oct 17

Japanese markets welcome the re-election of pro-business prime minister Shinzo Abe

Tokyo's Nikkei index posts longest-ever winning streak

Business / 23 Oct 17

North Korea has carried out a series of nuclear bomb tests

Japan's PM to 'thoroughly' discuss Nth Korea with Trump

North Korea / 24 Oct 17

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe puts a red rose on name of a party's candidate to be elected in the Lower House election in Tokyo today

Abe to push reform of Japan's pacifist constitution

World / 23 Oct 17

Japan's Nikkei index sees longest winning streak since 1961

Nikkei posts longest winning streak since 1961

Business / 20 Oct 17

Kobe Steel CEO Hiroya Kawasaki bows during a press conference in Tokyo on Friday

Kobe Steel shares slump as cheating crisis deepens

Business / 16 Oct 17

The Nikkei 225 rose 0.28% to end at 20,881.27 - its best finish since December 1996.

Tokyo's Nikkei index closes at 21-year high

Business / 11 Oct 17

Japan's core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes volatile fresh food prices, rose 0.7% in August

Japan inflation and labour demand signal solid recovery

Business / 29 Sep 17

Minister Frances Fitzgerald is leading the joint IDA-EI trade mission to Japan and Singapore

3 Irish firms sign deals in Asia trade mission so far

Business / 25 Sep 17

Shinzo Abe has seen a boost in the polls recently

Abe plans snap election in Japan amid Korea crisis

World / 25 Sep 17