TEHRAN, Jul 18 -Several people are feared dead after a fire at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday and police are investigating a possible arson attack, authorities and local media reported.
TEHRAN, Jul 18 -South Korea’s central bank unexpectedly cut its policy interest rate for the first time in three years on Thursday, as a trade dispute with Japan among other pressures heightened risks for the already slowing economy.
TEHRAN, Jul 16 - Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko said on Tuesday it was “regrettable” that the South Korean government had made what he said was an erroneous explanation after the two sides sat down for a working-level meeting over Japan’s export controls.
TEHRAN, Jul 16 -South Koreans forced to work for Japanese occupiers will seek a court order to forcibly liquidate Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (7011.T) assets to compensate them, their lawyers said on Tuesday, risking more Japanese anger over the issue.
TEHRAN, Jul 15 - Russia has rejected starting talks with Japan on the return of two disputed islands despite an agreement last year, in a move that could further delay the signing of a peace treaty, Kyodo news agency says.
TEHRAN, Jul 15 - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition is set to win a solid majority in an upper house election later this week, keeping alive his dream to revise Japan's pacifist constitution, a survey showed on Monday.
TEHRAN, Jul 11 -Shares in Japan Post Insurance Co (7181.T) slumped more than 6% to a record low on Thursday, wiping $1.1 billion off its market value in the last two days over mismanagement of the firm’s insurance policies that affected tens of thousands of customers.
TEHRAN, Jul 11 -South Korea’s foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Japan’s export curbs against Seoul are “undesirable”, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, as a trade row between the East Asian neighbors grows.
TEHRAN, Jul 8 -Japan has tightened curbs on exports of high-tech materials used in smartphone displays and chips to South Korea, upping the ante in a decades-old dispute with Seoul over South Koreans forced to work for Japanese firms during World War Two.
TEHRAN, Jul 7 -South Korea is assessing the risks of a row with Japan over forced wartime labor spreading to the financial sector, including loans and investments by Japanese institutions, the financial regulator said.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 -South Korea’s economic policy chief said on Thursday he would not rule out direct countermeasures against Japan if Tokyo keeps restrictions on exports of high-tech materials to South Korean companies for a long time.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 -Campaigning began on Thursday for Japan’s July 21 upper house election, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc expected to keep a majority but perhaps with fewer seats, clouding hopes of achieving his goal of revising the pacifist constitution.
TEHRAN, Jul 1 - Closely watched quarterly survey by Japan's central bank released Monday showed declining confidence in the economic outlook among major manufacturers as trade tensions between the U.S. and China add to worries over regional and global growth.
TEHRAN, Jul 1 - South Korea's Foreign Ministry says the vice foreign minister has summoned the Japanese ambassador to Seoul to demand that Japan withdraw restrictions on exports of materials used in technology products.
TEHRAN, Jul 1 - Torrential rain pounded Japan's southwestern major island of Kyushu on Monday, hitting 14 inches in 24 hours in one area and triggering landslides and highway closures, with more than 1 million people urged to evacuate.
TEHRAN, Jun 30 -Japan plans to tighten restrictions on the export of high-tech material used in smartphones and chips to South Korea from July 4 in connection with a dispute over a South Korean ruling on war-time forced labor, the Sankei newspaper reported on Sunday.
TEHRAN, Jun 30 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts to reduce its dependence on oil and promised Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Japan will help the kingdom with a sweeping reform plan.
TEHRAN, Jun 29 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin have announced new initiatives to further expand economic ties and tourist exchanges between the two nations, but have made no visible progress on a decades-long territorial dispute.