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Japan and ASEAN aim to join hands at a time when the United States and China are boosting their presence in the artificial intelligence sector.

The snowy capital of the island of Hokkaido offers a quieter alternative to Japan’s congested “Golden Route” of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.

Japan's economy is returning to something resembling normality for the first time in decades. That's likely to mean more volatility ahead for the yen and other Japanese assets, as investors try to make sense ​of this new reality.

Identifying the right portfolio manager or pod member has been described as finding a future NBA superstar from a large pool of college basketball players.

In its broader scope, Japan aims to establish a “rule-based international order” with Central Asia, focusing on priority areas of cooperation, including environmental sustainability, human resource development, and technology. However, beyond these headline outcomes, two substantive areas deserve closer analytical attention.

Japan's wholesale inflation slowed in the year to December on sliding fuel costs, data showed on Thursday, a sign falling crude oil prices were offering some relief to companies facing rising labour and other raw material costs.

Legendary aims to capitalize on the growing market for Japanese stories as Netflix and other global services make it easier for stories in any language to reach audiences abroad.