Studio Ghibli’s iconic early work My Neighbor Totoro marked a turning point for Miyazaki Hayao, who had previously steered clear of Japanese settings, in which he expressed his newfound appreciation for his native land through the film’s lush, sacred forest.
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TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese video-game maker Nintendo reported Thursday an 11% improvement in its net profit in the first half of the fiscal year, although
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The United States, Japan, Australia and India began their joint Malabar naval exercise in waters off the Kanto region surrounding Tok
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sony Group Corp. raised its net profit forecast Thursday for the year through March 2027 to 1.33 trillion yen ($8.42 billion) from 1.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday lifted its net profit outlook for the year through next March to 3.57 trillion yen ($23 billion) due t
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Thursday, as investors sold off technology shares and shifted funds to non-technology shares amid concerns a
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's National Police Agency said Thursday it will begin sharing details of accounts used in scams with 807 financial institutions
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- NTT Docomo Inc. said Thursday its customers were experiencing mobile service disruptions across Japan, but it had found no signs that
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TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- Some 350 people recently joined a farmers' rally and tractor demonstration in this east Japan city, calling for measures to protec
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TOKYO -- Japan's Finance Ministry proposed reviewing administrative support, including possible termination, for specific health checkups and guidance
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TSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- A seven-year prison term was finalized on Thursday for a former truck driver whose use of a smartphone while driving caused a mu
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