Japan has reported its economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Trump’s tariffs hurt exports.

In the days after the safety warning, at least two state-owned Chinese travel agencies scrapped group bookings made months in advance.

In the west, we tend to treat socks as an afterthought. Most of the time when we are out and about, they are covered by trousers. Women are accustomed to not wearing socks with leather shoes, and loafers without socks have been a menswear staple since the mid-20th century.

The Japanese economy shrank 1.8 percent from the same quarter last year as U.S. tariffs dampened automobile exports and prompted a bleak outlook for growth.

Eneos Holdings, Japan's top oil refiner which has been expanding into renewable energy, on Wednesday warned of the surging cost of developing its offshore wind project, with its CEO saying returns were difficult to achieve.

Japan is already North Carolina’s top international business partner. State leaders believe there’s still more to be done to convince Asian companies to build factories in the Tar Heel state.

Japan is leading a global effort to help Ukraine recover from one of the world’s most dangerous legacies of war, millions of landmines contaminating its soil.

Spanish construction company ACS has agreed to sell the transportation business of its Australian subsidiary UGL to Japan's Sojitz Corporation for over 560 million euros ($650 million), Spanish newspaper El Economista reported on Monday,

Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.”