1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (161+ words) The Japan Times South Korea’s main stock exchange is extending into evening sessions, breaking with Asia’s trading-hour norms to tap what it hopes will be sustained demand from global investors.In a step toward its goal of 24-hour…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (142+ words) The Japan Times Kioxia’s top executive brushed aside the likelihood of deeper ties with rival and stakeholder SK Hynix, while pledging to keep surging memory prices at bay to avoid denting long-term artificial intelligence demand.Makers of memory chips…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (161+ words) Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan has said it will launch new clothing and accessories developed jointly with an affiliate of Japanese apparel firm And ST HD in stages starting Sept. 25. The products will be available at Seven-Eleven Japan stores nationwide,…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (127+ words) The Japan Times North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says new destroyer part of nuclear response system SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a newly commissioned destroyer would be part of a nuclear response system capable of delivering “annihilating…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (281+ words) The Children and Families Agency plans to subsidize community efforts to prevent child suicides in fiscal 2027, which starts in April next year. The agency will provide subsidies when local governments partner with child-related organizations to establish councils aimed at strengthening…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (345+ words) More than 1 in 3 young people in Japan have no intention of getting married, according to preliminary results of a large-scale survey released this week by the Children and Families Agency. The agency surveyed more than 100,000 people between the ages of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (126+ words) Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has called on Nepal to do its utmost to locate and rescue five Japanese nationals who remain unaccounted for following flash floods that hit areas near the country’s border with China last week. Motegi made the…...

2+ week, 49+ min ago   (180+ words) A Children and Families Agency survey showed on Monday that 35% of unmarried young people in Japan have no wish to marry. According to interim results of the survey, about 15,000 of some 43,500 unmarried people asked about their views on marriage chose…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (130+ words) The Japan Times South Korea court sentences Unification Church leader to jail Seoul – A South Korean court on Monday sentenced Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja to a combined two years in prison over political funding and bribery offenses linked to…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (139+ words) The Japan Times SK Hynix is studying the feasibility of a joint venture to make memory chips in Japan, one of several options under consideration to meet surging AI demand while controlling production costs.The South Korean supplier of dynamic…...