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Japan's trade deficit expanded a worse-than-expected 70% on year to 879.9 billion yen in April, government data showed Wednesday, as a weaker yen made imports costlier. The monthly trade deficit was 69.7% higher than the year-before deficit of 518.4 billion yen, finance ministry data showed. The deficit was the biggest…

This is just in, the Honnoji located in Kyoto where Nobunaga died will have a restaurant dedicated to him. Shincho Saryou will have a menu consisted of Nobunaga's Last Supper and Nobunaga Curry. I did have Nobunaga's so-called Last Supper, the Nobunaga Zen a few years ago in Nagoya and it was delicious. If it is the same menu, I am in for sure. Looking forward to this place when I return to Japan later this year.Link:http://japanworld.info/?p=1140Tenka no tame!

Anti-Japan protesters throw eggs at a banner with Japan's rising sun flag, in front of the official residence of the Japanese ambassador during a rally in Seoul on Tuesday. The rally was held to denounce Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and also Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto who said last week…

Probably like the majority of the Japanese, I wasn’t familiar with Tommy Bahama before they opened their spacious two-story store with bar and restaurant in Ginza last month, the brand’s first flagship store in this country. I read that it’s a casual fashion brand with an island vacation theme (the…

A new era has arrived in immigration. Many countries - the United States, the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands - have for decades taken in poor immigrants with the express intention that they would do work that native citizens had become reluctant to do. The labor was either too hard,…

A series of bomb and gun attacks across Iraq killed more than 40 people on Tuesday, a day after over 70 died in violence targeting majority Shiites that has stoked fears of all-out sectarian war with minority Sunnis. Nearly 300 people have been killed in the past week as sectarian…

Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. For the past two years, Microsoft…

The search for survivors and the dead was nearly complete Tuesday in the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb where a massive tornado flattened homes and demolished an elementary school, the fire chief said. Authorities lowered the death toll to 24, down from 51. Fire Chief Gary Bird said…

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we've got David Karp, who doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to…

Tokyo Skytree on Wednesday marked its first anniversary. As of Monday, the number of visitors to the 634-meter-tall tower had reached 6.34 million, according to operator Tobu Tower Skytree Co. The area has been celebrating the first anniversary all throughout May with parades, street festivals and various events. The tower…