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Spending by Japan's households marked a first year-on-year increase in two months in May. They spent more on cars and travel.

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Many Japanese rice traders expected in June that prices of the staple food would drop over the next three months, data from a public-interest association showed Friday, with the government releasing ...

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The Trump administration has struggled to reach the number of agreements it initially suggested would be possible with the ...

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President Donald Trump has been ramping up his tariff threats against Japan, accusing the country of refusing to buy U.S.

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Biodiversity continued to decrease in most of the areas we studied, irrespective of population increase or decrease. Only ...

US President Donald Trump shocked many people twice – first by announcing tariffs on dozens of countries in April and then ...