The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.8 per cent in the first quarter of this year, slightly better than the initial estimate at a 2.0 per cent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that conditions are not currently in place for his country to resume talks with Japan on a post-World War II peace treaty, blaming Tokyo for souring bilateral relations by supporting Ukraine. In response to a question from Kyodo News during a meeting with representatives…
Police in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 26-year-old woman and her 45-year-old common-law husband on suspicion of assault after they fired an air gun at their elementary school daughter. Asuka Kaneda and her common-law husband, Yasuaki Watanabe, are accused of injuring the child at the end of May, Kyodo…