Japan, South Korea agree to extend $10 billion currency swap arrangement
The agreement, originally set to expire at the end of November, is expected to run through November 2029, with its size unchanged.
The agreement, originally set to expire at the end of November, is expected to run through November 2029, with its size unchanged.
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TSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- The central Japan prefecture of Mie on Friday enacted the country's first ordinance to impose penalties on abusive customers, su
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TOKYO -- The family of a man who died of testicular cancer while detained at the Saitama Branch Detention House, north of Tokyo, reached a settlement
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency canceled an earthquake warning on Friday shortly after it was issued for a wide area extending from Hokkaido t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to allow police to remotely access smartphones used by crime ring members, in a bid to dete
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's top two airlines said Thursday they will raise fuel surcharges on international flights for tickets to be issued in November
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Friday morning, supported by buybacks after the Nikkei stock index lost over 3,300 points the previous day, althoug
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's comments about the additional work she has to take on as a woman compared to her male predecess
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record 4.28 million at the end of June, accounting for 3.4 percent of the total popula
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreigners holding business manager visas who left Japan without applying for reentry permits nearly quadrupled in the
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's weather agency said Thursday that the year's 30th typhoon has formed, making 2026 the first year since 2013 to see 30 or more
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the Burger King hamburger chain in Japan on Thursday became the latest company to report a data breach, with 11.18 mi
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Russian intelligence authorities have detained a male reporter from Japan's Hokkaido Shimbun Press stationed in Sakhalin Oblast in the Far East, trans
