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Kii Muneyuki, former head of production at Japan's Toei, is launching K2 Pictures, a company that aims to shake up Japanese filmmaking practices. The debut

The banking sector triumphed in 2023, a year that threatened to be catastrophic. Quick industry interventions have averted the nightmare scenario of a

Kii Muneyuki, former head of production at Japan's Toei, is launching K2 Pictures, a company that aims to shake up Japanese filmmaking practices. The debut

In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus suffered a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the

Renowned pianist Fuzjko Hemming, known for her human touch in her performances, died on April 21 from pancreatic cancer, the Fujiko Hemming Foundation said on

Dressed in black martial arts uniforms and with split toes tabi footwear, approximately 60 students perform various wrestling and throwing techniques in the

At breakneck speed, the rich countries that built their wealth on coal-driven industrialization are turning their backs on dirty energy.

Israeli forces bombed areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected US President Joe Biden's threat to

Reuters

Souad Zohair, 73, is kept alive by kidney dialysis three days a week at a hospital in Rafah, which has been closed by Israel's latest offensive. Her daughter

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged more rail and energy investments in Hungary to serve as China's gateway to the European Union, while drawing support from

China is losing its luster as a top country to invest in as companies seek to avoid geopolitical risks and turn to Southeast Asia and Europe, according to a

Billions of dollars in US weaponry remain in the pipeline for Israel despite the delay of one shipment of bombs and a review of others by US President Joe

By Mishio Suzuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Specialist

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SoftBank Group's flagship Vision Fund has quietly sold or written down billions of dollars of publicly traded investments in recent years as founder Masayoshi

Japanese households cut back on spending again in March as persistent inflation weighed on sentiment and government subsidies limited utility costs, although

The Yomiuri Shimbun

When Brazilian Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flew over the floods that have inundated the southern part of his country on Sunday, he not only surveyed the

Overall, I was disappointed with this year's Whitney Biennial – it was hard for me to tell whether a video installation was art or an HR training video – but

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Japan's Electric Power Development (J-Power) said on Thursday it may close five low-efficiency coal-fired power generation units by the 2030 financial year

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

By Yasuhiro Kobayashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent

Logistical constraints at the Port of Vancouver mean waterborne oil exports from the long-awaited Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) expansion will be only about

A 51-year-old man arrested earlier this week on suspicion of stabbing a young woman to death in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward is alleged to have lent 18 million yen

The Bank of Japan should avoid raising rates to combat a weak yen because higher borrowing costs would impact consumer and service sector inflation, says