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Japan’s Abe unveils plan to cut corporate tax rate to spur growth

August 25, 2021 at 5:44 a.m.

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled a plan on Friday to cut the corporate tax rate below 30 percent in stages...

U.S. steps up trade pressure on Japan ahead of Obama visit

August 25, 2021 at 4:14 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States put last-minute pressure on Japan to compromise in tough trade talks on Wednesday, shortly before President Barack Obama was to arrive for a state...

Pilot of missing plane shared his flight simulator passion online

August 25, 2021 at 3:13 a.m.

(This March 23 story was corrected to fix crew numbers in the third paragraph) HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) - Some trace of the passion that Zaharie Ahmad Shah had for flying...

Abenomics struggles to deliver Japan public works boom

December 23, 2018 at 10:20 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Tokyo asked for bidders to build what is expected to be the world's largest fish market on the city's vacant eastern edge there were no takers....

Japan’s Abe backs Putin with visit, in contrast to China, Korea ties

August 25, 2021 at 1:09 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed to Russia on Friday in a show of support for President Vladimir Putin at the Sochi Olympics, just hours after headlining...

Japan’s Abe visits shrine for war dead, China, South Korea angered

August 24, 2021 at 11:33 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a shrine on Thursday that is seen by critics as a symbol of Tokyo's wartime aggression, infuriating China and South Korea...

For many Fukushima evacuees, the truth is they won’t be going home

August 24, 2021 at 10:13 p.m.

IWAKI, Japan (Reuters) - For many of Japan's oldest nuclear refugees, all they want is to be allowed back to the homes they were forced to abandon. Others are ready...

Radioactive water leaks at Fukushima as operator underestimates rainfall

November 4, 2021 at 12:27 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Highly radioactive water overflowed barriers into Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operating utility said on Monday, after it underestimated how much rain would fall at...

Radioactive water leaks at Fukushima as operator underestimates rainfall

December 24, 2018 at 11:09 a.m.

Japanese visits to shrine on war anniversary anger China

November 3, 2021 at 11:44 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister sent an offering to a shrine for war dead on Thursday, the anniversary of Japan's World War Two defeat, while cabinet members visited it...

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