The Japanese government is about to plug a tiny leak that has let California rice into one of the world's most protected agricultural markets at the rate of about 20 tons a year.
Equitable Life Assurance Society's application to do business in Japan has triggered the sale of
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale shook Oshima island, about 70 miles south of Tokyo, on Tuesday.
Japan logged another record trade surplus with the United States last month, ensuring that friction with its biggest trading partner will continue.
The government has decided to reduce Japanese coal production by nearly 40% over the next five years, to 10 million tons a year, a step that will eliminate the jobs of more than 10,000 of the country's 24,000 miners and result in increased coal imports.
The U.S. dollar strengthened against the major currencies in quiet European trading today.
Bob Horner hit three home runs Wednesday night to power the Yakult Swallows of the Central League to a 6-3 victory over the Hanshin Tigers.
Four Japanese arrested on charges of selling Moscow secrets about the U.S.
In this time of a weakened U.S. dollar and a more expensive Japanese yen, many visitors to Japan are missing a chance to eat cheaply.
Japan's balance of payments swung to a deficit of $2.03 in November from a surplus of $1.08 billion in November, 1983, the Finance Ministry reported.
Japanese auto makers have lined up against extending restraints on passenger car exports to the United States beyond the scheduled cutoff date of March 31, but there are signs that the government of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone may be receptive to a request for an extension.
Nadia Boulanger was that most improbable sort of musical legend--a teacher.
A group of Japanese firms is working in tandem with the Soviet Union to tap massive oil and natural gas deposits off the coast of Sakhalin, a project that could turn out to be the largest multinational venture ever undertaken by Moscow.
Japan has agreed to limit its sale of steel to the United States, U.S.
Two former chief White House economists, warning that retaliation against Japan could set off a
Japanese gymnasts won five men's events and the Chinese one whereas Japan and China won two events
The Japanese government said Wednesday that it received 13 U.S. demands last week concerning Japanese regulations governing imports of telecommunications equipment, and it released documents indicating that it has satisfied all but three.
Taiwan's top woman pro, Tu Ai-Yu, shot a 73 for a three-round total of six-under par 210 to win the $92,000 Nasu Ogawa women's golf tournament by three strokes Sunday.
When Harvard Prof. Ezra F.
Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe conferred Wednesday with East German leader Erich Honecker and Foreign Minister Oskar Fischer.