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South Korea's military said, hours after a US nuclear-powered submarine arrived in a naval base in the South. The reports come amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula as South Korea and the United States take steps to boost military readiness against North Korea's weapons programme with the deployment of U.S. strategic military assets.

The anime adaptation of One Piece has been produced by Toei Animation since 1999 and has been broadcasted in over 90 countries, making it one of the most beloved anime series globally. The latest episode of One Piece, episode 1069, left fans with an exciting cliffhanger, building anticipation for episode 1070. However, viewers will need to wait patiently as the show takes a one-week break before revealing the next chapter. This temporary delay may indicate that One Piece episode 1070 will be one of the series' most thrilling segments.

A spokesman for Anchor Brewing says the company is open to a purchase offer from its employees but warned that time is running out

China’s government has appealed to Japan not to disrupt the semiconductor industry after Japanese curbs on exports of chip-making technology took effect, adding to technology restrictions Washington and its allies on security grounds have imposed on Be...

Within weeks, the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is expected to start releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, a highly contested plan facing fierce protests in and outside Japan

Nifty has come off by 1.5 per cent. Sensex and Nifty hit their fresh record highs of 67,619.17 and 19,991.85, respectively, on Thursday (July 20). On Monday (July 24), Sensex closed 299 points, or 0.45 per cent, lower at 66,384.78 while the Nifty closed at 19,672.35, down 73 points, or 0.37 per cent.

'Following extensive corporate governance reforms, we believe the Japanese corporate sector is on the cusp of a long-term revival.'

(Reuters) -SoftBank Group is forming a joint venture with supply-chain services provider Symbotic to build AI-powered warehouses that will be majority owned by the Japanese technology investor, the companies said on Monday.

China got their campaign up and running at swimming's world championships on Monday, claiming two gold medals to banish the memory of a forgettable showing at last year's competition. China won only one individual gold in the pool last year in Budapest but they doubled that tally in the evening's first two races in the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka.Qin Haiyang got things started with victory in the men's 100m breaststroke, taking advantage of dominant Olympic champion Adam Peaty's absence from the competition.Zhang Yufei followed that up with gold in the women's 100m butterfly, beating Olympic champion Maggie MacNeil into second place in a field chock-full of talent. «Last year the whole team didn't perform very well, and we worked hard and tried to be ready for these championships,» Zhang said.

Bidders in the $US3.5 billion-plus ($5.2 billion) auction for BHP’s Queensland coal mines – Blackwater and Daunia – are competing to woo five Japanese commodities houses to join their camps.

Toyota Motor Corp has dismissed some workers at one of its plants in China, three workers told Reuters, as the Japanese automaker struggles with a price war and sales slump in the world's largest auto market. The joint venture between Toyota and China's state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) laid off the workers over the weekend and offered them compensation, said the workers, who declined to be named for privacy. The workers affected were hired by labor service companies and dispatched to work at the factory of GAC Toyota in the southern city of Guangzhou.

This will be one of the busiest weeks of the year, with a flood of economic data, an FOMC meeting, an ECB meeting, and a BOJ meeting. On top of that, there will be earnings from 3 of the big seven.

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Nifty ended in the red for the second consecutive session on Monday (July 24) with heavyweights, including ITC, Reliance Industries and Kotak Mahindra Bank as the top drags. Shares of Reliance Industries (RIL) and Kotak Mahindra Bank fell as their June quarter numbers failed to cheer Dalal Street while the shares of ITC dropped after the company announced its board has given in-principle approval for the demerger of its hotels business. Weak global cues ahead of the major central bank meetings also weighed on sentiment.

'Changes were varied across the range with the only consistent theme being a reduction in the UK exposure.'

Investing.com — Most Asian currencies moved little on Friday, while the dollar held on to recent gains as markets hunkered down before a string of central bank meetings this week, most notably the Federal Reserve.

Investing.com — Shares of major Japanese automakers rose on Monday, tracking strength in Mitsubishi Motors Corp (TYO:7211) after the carmaker logged stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings.

India’s semiconductor ambitions got a big push on ... moreIndia’s semiconductor ambitions got a big push on Thursday .

SYDNEY (Reuters) — A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu

coal over the next seven years. But not Japan, which stands alone in insisting it can make coal less damaging to the planet. Nowhere is that more evident than at the nation’s largest coal-fired power plant in Hekinan, a small city in central Japan.

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto