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A novel depicting yakuza gangster life by a Japanese author has won a prestigious British award for crime fiction.

Tokyo stocks edged up Friday morning, helped by overnight Wall Street gains as concern eased over a U.S. economic slowdown after stronger-than-expected key employment data. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ...

Manga artist Shirow Masamune’s “The Ghost in the Shell” is said to have predicted the information society that we live in ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average inched higher on Friday, as chip-related stocks tracked a strong overnight performance on Wall ...