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This Is One of Japan's Best Beach Towns—and It's Only an Hour From Tokyo
Kōtoku-in, selected by Travel + Leisure as one of Japan’s most stunning temples, is one of the biggest tourist draws in town, ...
Japan’s anti-foreigner politics on the rise as right-wing party wins votes online
"They are the party of YouTube," said Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies who has authored ...
China Strong-Armed Japan Over Rare Earths. It’s a Lesson for the U.S.
The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...
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Is Tokyo Really Japan's Capital? The Surprising Story Behind Japan’s Capital Confusion
Despite being the economic and cultural hub of Japan, Tokyo is not technically the capital of Japan. This video takes you on ...
Trump says Japan will invest $550 billion in US at his direction. It may not be a sure thing
President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the ...
Why a ‘mini Trump' is breaking through in Japan
As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, the Sanseito party and its leader Sohei Kamiya ...
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Japan PM Ishiba's approval rating hits new low of 32%: Nikkei poll
TOKYO -- The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet hit 32%, the lowest since his government's October 2024 launch, in the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo survey.
From Tokyo salons to saffron robes: Japanese tycoon's turns Shiva devotee, joins Kanwar Yatra
Among the sea of saffron on the Kanwar Yatra trail to Haridwar, one figure stands apart — Hoshi Takayuki, a 41-year-old ...
US-Japan trade deal gives Trump control over $550 billion in investments. It could be ‘vapor ware’ — and a model for other countries
Analysts at Bank of America said that the Japan deal "looks like a reasonable blueprint" for other auto-exporting countries ...
I went to Japan during peak season. This is my one big tip for escaping the crowds.
Japan is experiencing record tourism this year, with many tourist attractions packed with crowds. Still, there's an easy way ...
Japan’s Inflation Surge Is Now A Political Crisis
On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...