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Students and a professor at Tokyo University of Science created an enzyme that converts ferulic acid combined with an enzyme at room temperature to make vanillin.

A Japan Airlines flight from Dallas to Tokyo last week was canceled after the pilot's alleged drunken behavior and slurred speech resulted in a noise complaint and call to police.

Traders and investors suggested yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities as the explanation for why the dollar fell sharply to 156.55 yen from as high as 160.245.

No progress was made in a high-stakes meeting Thursday between executives from the United Steelworkers and the Japanese company Nippon Steel.

An unexpected recession in Japan last year cost the nation its title as the world's third-largest economy, with Germany taking its place.

An All Nippon Airways flight was forced to turn around and land in Japan after a crack was discovered in the cockpit windshield, an airline spokesperson said.

The Wagyu beef market is expected to grow by $3.59 billion between 2022 and 2027, with a compound annual growth rate of around 7.04%, according to Technavio.

Toyota bought a majority share in Daihatsu in 1967 and expanded that to a controlling interest in 1998 after the company failed to make an impact in the North American market.

Following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Mato Grosso do Sul, Japan has halted its chicken imports from the Brazilian state.

SoftBank is offering 95.5 million American depository shares of Arm for $47 to $51 each and is aiming to pull in $4.87 billion on the high end, according to a regulatory filing.

Shop owners in Japan selling Pokémon are experiencing a rise in thefts as thieves go to extravagant lengths to steal these high sought-after items.

The world's most expensive ice cream is made by a Japanese gelato company and it's only slightly sweet in flavor since it's made with white truffle, Parmigiano Reggiano and sake lees.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is increasing its stakes in five Japanese trading houses. The total amount is now up to 7.4%.

Amid a banking crisis and the hawkish Fed strategy to raise interest rates and cool inflation, the U.S. dollar is predicted to weaken further in 2023.

A Japanese coffee shop has become famous on TikTok. Owenr Shizuo Mori, who doesn’t use social media, now sells out of his pudding to the lines of tourists that wait outside his door.

A Japan Airplanes plane flying from Tokyo was refused at Fukuoka Airport after the plane arrived 10 minutes after the regional airport's 10 p.m. curfew time.

Japanese whaling operator Kyodo Senpaku Co. has launched a handful of whale meat vending machines in hopes of increasing sales across the country after years of controversy.

Toyota's president and CEO Akio Toyoda will step aside to become chairman, while Koji Sato, who has been leading the Lexus luxury division and Toyota motor racing, will take over.

Coinbase will stop its operations in Japan due to market conditions after announcing the company would layoff 950 employees to reduce operating expenses.

The rapid growth in U.S. government debt is being financed by domestic U.S. entities, not foreign governments, and that shift poses risks to economic growth.