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Real wages in Japan dropped for the seventh-straight month in October from a year earlier.

Nominal pay was higher but grew at a slower pace than consumer inflation.

Japan's Reconstruction Minister Akiba Kenya has refused to step down from his Cabinet post amid calls from the opposition camp that he resign.

The Liberal Democrat has been mired in scandals over a possible election violation, political funds and alleged links to the controversial religious group formerly known as the Unification Church.

The Tokyo District Court is set to hand down a ruling in a damages lawsuit claiming that the government's non-recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

The eight plaintiffs argued that the inability of same-sex couples to marry disregards the principles of freedom and equality guaranteed by the Constitution. The Japanese civil code does not allow such marriages. The plaintiffs include same-sex couples living in Tokyo.

LONDON — Japanese carmaker Honda hopes to restart production at its British factory on Monday after halting output because of transport-related delays that caused a shortage of parts.

Britain's major container ports, such as Felixstowe, have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has disrupted global trade, leaving containers in the wrong place and goods stacked up.

Japan is clamping down on exports of seeds and saplings as it looks to protect its food industry.

A revision to Japan's Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act on Wednesday allows developers to limit export destinations, as well as production areas in Japan, for registered new varieties of crops.

If you were driving down the highway and one of the rear tires of your car went flat, you would pull over, right? Well, the driver of this Honda Civic just kept driving.

The Honda Civic Type R and Toyota Camry TRD are not rivals by any stretch of the imagination, yet they have one thing in common: they both happen to cost around 40 grand.

One of Asia's largest film festivals has opened in Tokyo, without the usual entry of actors and directors on a red carpet due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The opening of the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival was held at the Tokyo International Forum on Saturday.

Nissan has shipped a few early production units of the Ariya all-electric crossover coupe to Europe.

Belarusians living in Japan held a protest in Tokyo calling for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Unrest continues in Belarus as massive protests have swept the country for more than two months against suspected poll rigging in the August presidential election.

A typhoon is now barreling toward Japan. Weather officials say it is just south of the country and is set to take a northeasterly path along the Pacific coast.

Meteorological Agency officials say Typhoon Chan-hom is unlikely to make landfall but is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain across wide areas.

Japan's new prime minister Suga Yoshihide has spent his first full day in the country's top job. He and his newly minted ministers wasted no time getting down to business.

Suga said, "My cabinet is ready to serve the people. We will try to deliver tangible results and live up to their expectations."

One day after Suga Yoshihide became Japan's Prime Minister, he and his cabinet members got down to business.

Suga said, "I am determined to work hard for the Japanese people and will try to live up to their expectations."

Japan's GDP for the April to June quarter has been revised downward, confirming that the economy shrank at a record pace as the coronavirus impact was bigger than initially estimated.

The Cabinet Office now says the economy shrank at an annualized rate of minus 28.1 percent in real terms. That's a bit worse than preliminary figure of minus 27.8 percent announced in August, which was already a record.