Japan had lived in relative isolation from the outside world. American gunboat diplomacy, instigated by Commodore Perry in 1853, opened up Japan for trade with the West. The Japanese did not wish to ...

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Yamagata–based travel specialist The Hidden Japan has launched a new collection of multi-day tours showcasing local crafts ...

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Japan’s largest lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on Tuesday (Feb 4) reported a 32 per cent increase in quarterly net profit. Profit in the October-December period came in at 490.74 billion yen ...

Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku by the Japanese and the Diaoyu by the Chinese.

"Browse 243 market data Tables and 43 Figures spread through 233 Pages and in-depth TOC on "Ceramic & Porcelain Tableware Market" The ceramic & porcelain tableware industry continues to grow, driven ...

A master of gem carving, jade, titanium and porcelain, visionary Hong Kong-based ... how a butterfly can fly all the way from Japan to Hong Kong using most of its life, and also purity, beauty ...

Ms Liu is one of thousands of Chinese immigrants who have moved to Japan to seek a new life after being traumatised by China's strict zero-COVID era. China's emergence from that period was abrupt ...

Markets in China were also shut to usher in the Chinese ... sparked more volatility for USD/JPY on Monday than the (Bank of Japan)'s hawkish meeting last Friday tells you how much of a big deal ...