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Japanese consumer spending and factory output drop in April after sales tax hike.

Islands, close to land mass known as Senkaku in Japan and as Diaoyus in China, to get ground forces.

US Air Force's Global Hawk drones set to begin routine surveillance flights from Japan's Misawa Air Base.

Netanyahu set to hold talks with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and other leaders on a range of topics.

Resona Bank worker committed suicide after losing 155 million yen

Some seven in 10 Japanese firms are not making profits to pay corporate taxes.

Japanese consumer spending could drop in April 2014 but decline will be short-lived

US president tries out soccer skills against Honda's humanoid robot during tour of Miraikan Science Expo in Tokyo

A former Deutsche Bank employee has admitted to bribery charges in Tokyo but said he was only following orders.

Japanese firms pumped $22.7bn into Southeast Asia in 2013, against $8.6bn invested in China.

Business secretary Vince Cable hails move as huge vote of confidence in Britain's rail industry.

Augmented reality animals guide visitors through maze of Tokyo's Ikebukuro station to aquarium.

Lawyers says MtGox has filed for bankruptcy protection following reported loss of $400m in bitcoins.

The under-fire CEO of beleaguered bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has resigned from the Bitcoin Foundation.

Books related to famous holocaust victim vandalised in numerous Tokyo libraries.

More than 3,000 women vowed not to have sex with men who voted for Yoichi Masuzoe.

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits 80km from Fukushima.

As many as 72 participants in 53rd Miss International beauty pageant.

Fund will target Japanese SMEs in the fashion, food and media sectors.

Japan vows to protect its interests in Senkaku, known as Diaoyu in China.

Threatened attack called OpKillingBay aimed at high-profile sites, including PM's.

New US ambassador takes up role in Japanese capital a week before 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's death.

Anti-nuclear lawmaker banned from royal events for breaching protocol at Tokyo's Akasaka Palace garden party.

Yamamoto Corporation comes up with swimwear and underwear to beat gamma and beta radiation.

Radioactivity levels increase 6,500 times in single day in a well near Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

Landslides triggered by heavy downpour batter tiny island near Tokyo while Wipha brushes past wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.

President Barack Obama is due to meet Republicans on 10 October.

Police arrest seven suspects including high-profile club's co-owner and former employee.

Kansai Electric Power, last of Japan's 50 reactors, begins closure.

Chinese move follows Japan report which suggests pre-emptive strike capability.