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But that is hard when relations between Asia's two biggest economies are so poisoned by history.

In some corners of the artistic world, music and the visual arts are spending more and more time in each other's company.

Of Walking is an art exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College.

Jack Friese shows collage of photos of the Japanese he and wife Marylou have hosted over the years.

The 184-passenger exhibition ship Hanseatic, operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, will visit the remote Russian region on two separate sailings in 2014.

Bank of Japan board member Takehiro Sato said he saw no need to expand monetary stimulus pre-emptively to counter the pain to the economy from next year's sales tax hike, seeking to dispel speculation of a near-term expansion of its ultra-easy policy.

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Nissan's zero-emission LEAF electric vehicle may be used to power entire buildings in Japan.

A Santa Claus recognised by the Finnish government-backed Santa Claus Foundation arrived in Osaka from Finland on Wednesday, three weeks before Christmas.

On December 3, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. held a ceremony in Islamabad to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Otsuka Welfare Clinic, which was founded in Peshawar, Pakistan in order to provide health care to Afghan refugees.

Mexican challenger Edgar Sosa, and the absolute flyweight champion of the World Boxing Council , Japan's Akira Yaegashi, went face to face during their mutual visit to the Japan Boxing Commission, where they passed the rigorous medical examinations on pace to their title fight this coming Friday at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, Japan.

New Delhi, Dec 3 : Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko Tuesday relived old memories as they visited the India International Centre and interacted with intelligentsia and old acquaintances, 53 years after they laid the foundation stone of the premier south Delhi institute.

Regional Disaster Response: The United States and Japan share a strong mutual commitment to help the governments of the Philippines and Palau provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, as demonstrated by ongoing joint efforts, such as airlift of affected people and relief goods under the Multi-National Coordination Centre, to respond to ... (more)

DECEMBER 03: Bicycles are stacked on top of each other inside the ECO Cycle system at the Konan Hoshi No Koen Parking on December 3, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan was changed forever by the devastating triple tragedy that unfolded on March 11, 2011, bringing an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.

A member of the media, holding Apple Inc's iPhone 4, right, tries out a Sony Corp. Xperia Z1 smartphone after a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Sept.

Biden will seek a delicate balance between calming military tensions with China and backing ally Japan against Beijing on a trip to Asia this week that is being overshadowed by a territorial row in the East China Sea.

Shuzenji Niji no Sato is a park in Shizuoka, Japan. And it's not happy with some ill-mannered cosplayers.

Panasonic Corp. is in talks with automotive parts makers for possible acquisitions or alliances as Japan 's No.

File - A sticker art made by an artist known as 281 Antinuke is seen on a traffic light on a street in Tokyo November 26, 2013.