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64-year-old Carlos Ghosn said he was the victim of a 'plot'

Former Nissan boss Ghosn slams continued detention

Business / 31 Jan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Japan's Abe to put trade, climate at top of G20 list

Business / 23 Jan

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda warns of growing risks to Japanese economy

Bank of Japan lowers inflation forecasts again

Business / 23 Jan

7-Eleven says it will phase out sales of adult magazines

Japan's convenience stores to stop selling 'adult' mags

Japanese pedestrians pass by a TV screen displaying a sketch of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in court earlier this week

Former Nissan chairman Ghosn indicted on new charges

Business / 11 Jan

Yusaka Maezawa holds a ticket for Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket trip around the moon

Cash giveaway sees billionaire claim most ever retweets

News Lens / 07 Jan

Kiyoshi Kimura, right, president of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, with his 278kg bluefin tuna

Record $3.1m paid for tuna at auction in Japan

Pedestrians walk past the roped-off crime scene in Tokyo this morning

Nine hurt in Tokyo attack as car ploughs into crowd

The Tokyo markets will not resume trading until Friday next week

Nikkei ends year with first annual loss since 2012

Business / 28 Dec 18

The withdrawal means Japan joins Iceland and Norway in openly defying the IWC's ban on commercial whale hunting

Japan to resume commercial whaling after IWC withdrawal

World / 26 Dec 18

Greg Kelly (C) walks out of the Tokyo Detention House

Nissan executive linked to Ghosn case released on bail

World / 25 Dec 18

Carlos Ghosn was first arrested on November 19

Tokyo court decides not to extend Ghosn's detention

Business / 20 Dec 18

Japan insists whale stocks have now recovered sufficiently to allow commercial hunting to resume

Japan mulls IWC withdrawal to resume commercial whaling

World / 20 Dec 18

Softbank has raised around 2.65 trillion yen ($23.5 billion) via its mobile unit's IPO

SoftBank mobile unit in record IPO but flops on debut

Business / 19 Dec 18

Japan's gross domestic product for the July-September period contracted 0.6% from the previous quarter, new figures show

Japan economy shrinks more than previously thought

Business / 10 Dec 18

Carlos Ghosn was arrested on November 19 on suspicion of conspiring to understate his compensation by about half of the actual 10 billion yen ($88m) over five years

Ghosn, Nissan formally charged in financial scandal

Business / 10 Dec 18

Japanese reports suggest that Carlos Ghosn could remain in detention until the end of the year

Nissan puts off selection of nominee to succeed Ghosn

Business / 05 Dec 18

Two cases were brought against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries over the use of South Korean forced labour during WWII

S Korean court rules on WWII Japan forced labour cases

World / 29 Nov 18

Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested after arriving in Tokyo on his private jet on Monday

Ghosn's detention extended for 10 days - media

Business / 21 Nov 18

Nissan said an internal investigation revealed that Carlos Ghosn had engaged in wrongdoing including personal use of company money and under-reporting for years how much he was earning

France urges Renault to replace Ghosn

Business / 20 Nov 18

Nissan said Carlos Ghosn's alleged misconduct included personal use of company money and under-reporting how much he had been paid

Nissan's Ghosn arrested for financial misconduct

Business / 19 Nov 18

Japanese GDP for the three months from July to September contracted 0.3% from the previous quarter

Japan economy shrinks in Q3 as natural disasters hit

Business / 14 Nov 18

BTS apologised to fans but gave no reason for the cancellation

BTS performance cancelled over atom bomb t-shirt

World / 09 Nov 18

Stem cells have the potential to develop into any cell in the body

Stem cells transplanted to treat Parkinson's

Health / 09 Nov 18

Japan Airlines said the in-house breath test was not conducted properly

Drunk Japanese pilot was 'almost ten times over limit'

World / 02 Nov 18

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