Leading The Charge – Turning risk into reward with a circular economy for EV batteries and critical minerals, a whitepaper ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday denied the possibility of newly issuing deficit-covering government bonds to realize a zero consumption tax rate on food items. "If it (the tax cut) ...

At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, His Excellency Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Minister of Tourism of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, delivered a clear message to global leaders: tourism must ...

Tokyo police on Saturday arrested a 62-year-old professor at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Medicine on suspicion of accepting bribes related to a joint research project. Shinichi Sato, ...

Japanese political parties began gearing up in earnest for the upcoming House of Representatives election on Saturday, the first weekend since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower chamber ...

LY Corp., the operator of internet portal Yahoo! Japan, has announced a ban on the resale of new "Gunpla" and other popular snap-together plastic model kits at prices exceeding retail prices for a cer ...

Leaders of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are expected to deliver their first campaign speeches for the upcoming House of ...

Japan's health ministry will designate eight drug ingredients as having abuse potential under law in response to rising concerns about the overdose of over-the-counter drugs among young people, it has ...

ELITE Solar, a global leader in integrated solar manufacturing, today announced the commissioning of its new 5GW photovoltaic manufacturing facilities in Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone, marking a ma ...

Japan's transport ministry is considering raising the leasing fees paid by Japan Railways group companies for some Shinkansen bullet train line facilities. The ministry is looking to use the higher re ...

The dollar plunged below 156 yen to hit one-month lows in New York trading on Friday as traders grew wary of a possible market intervention aimed at curbing the Japanese currency's slide. At 5 p.m., ...