A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

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Japan Tobacco, the world's third-largest publicly traded tobacco company, acquired Akij Group’s tobacco business in ...

The Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labour shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind its economic woes, hinting that interest rates could rise faster than a sushi ...

The AI will soon be available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and simplified Chinese ...

The weather-beaten flag bears the names of men who endured the infamous Bataan Death March and rode the "hell ships" to Japan, defying the odds by their survival. They lived long enough ...

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Ukraine and Japan have launched JUPITeR, a business platform for infrastructure technology to support the country's recovery and reconstruction. Source: Ukraine’s Ministry for Development of ...

WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...