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Japan’s Icom says it hasn’t sold walkie-talkies that exploded in Lebanon in a decade

Japanese radio equipment maker Icom said it no longer produces or sells two-way radio devices which reportedly exploded in Lebanon.

Associated Press · 1h

Japan electronics company: walkie-talkie used in Hezbollah attacks discontinued 10 years ago

Japanese wireless communication equipment-maker Icom said Thursday it cannot confirm whether a walkie-talkie used in the explosive attacks against Hezbollah was related to the company, noting the production and sales of that device and its battery were discontinued about a decade ago.

BBC on MSN · 20h

Japan firm says it stopped making walkie-talkies used in Lebanon blasts

A Japanese handheld radio manufacturer has distanced itself from walkie-talkies bearing its logo that exploded in Lebanon, saying it discontinued production of the devices a decade ago. At least 20 people were killed and 450 injured after hundreds of walkie-talkies, some used by the armed group Hezbollah, exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday.

Bank Of Japan Keeps Rate Unchanged

CNBC on MSN · 2h

Bank of Japan keeps benchmark interest rate steady as it treads cautiously on normalizing policy

The decision came as the central bank seeks to wean its economy off the long-held ultra-easy monetary policy and curb the yen's slide against the U.S. dollar.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 2h

Japan’s Central Bank Keeps Rates Unchanged

The Bank of Japan left its short-term policy rate unchanged Friday as it examines how the economy and markets are digesting its most recent interest-rate increase.

Barron's · 2h

Bank Of Japan Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged

The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged on Friday, after a decision to hike them in July pushed the yen sharply higher and fuelled turmoil across world markets.

Japan, inflation

Bloomberg L.P. · 6h

Japan’s Inflation Accelerates for Fourth Month as BOJ Meets

Japan’s key inflation gauge accelerated in August for a fourth consecutive month, hours before the Bank of Japan is scheduled to wrap up its latest policy decision meeting.

Reuters · 6h

Japan's core inflation accelerates for 4th month in August

Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for further interest rate hikes.

Daily Journal · 5h

Japan inflation firms to 2.8% ahead of BoJ rate decision

Japanese inflation rose slightly in August, with prices up 2.8 percent year-on-year, official data showed Friday, hours before the Bank of Japan was widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged.

Aircraft carrier, Japan

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

China Says Carrier Accused of Entering Japanese Waters Was on Routine Training

China said on Thursday its Liaoning aircraft carrier had been on a routine training mission in the western Pacific and dismissed charges by Tokyo that the vessel and its escorts had entered Japanese waters.

The Washington Post · 1d

Chinese aircraft carrier comes closer than ever to Japan

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan’s contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive military actions around Japan,

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Japan says Chinese carrier entered its contiguous waters for first time

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's defence ministry said, the latest in a string of military manoeuvres that has ratcheted up tensions between the neighbours.

1don MSN

Max to Debut in Japan Within U-Next Platform

Warner Bros. Discovery's Max service will debut in Japan as a branded offering within local streaming platform U-Next.

15mon MSN

Japan cheers as national hero Ohtani becomes the majors first 50-50 man

Japan erupted in cheers on Friday morning after national hero Shohei Ohtani blasted his way into Major League Baseball ...

21hon MSN

Lawyer for American charged in Japan’s trial of ex-Nissan exec Ghosn appeals for ‘justice’

The six-year-old criminal case of Greg Kelly, an American ensnared in the scandal of Nissan’s former boss Carlos Ghosn has ...

Japan Eyes Deal to End Chinese Ban on Seafood Imports, Media Say

China and Japan may be close to a breakthrough over Beijing’s ban on seafood imports from Japan, imposed last year in ...

6hon MSN

As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers

Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly ...

2don MSN

Japan's Population Crisis in Three Numbers

Japan recorded 350,074 births between January and June, reflecting a nearly 6 percent decline from the previous year, according to health ministry statistics. This was the lowest figure since 1969, ...

Nikkei Asia16m

Japan overtakes EU, U.S. as global climate leader for ASEAN, survey shows

TOKYO -- Japan is more likely to be identified by Southeast Asians as an international climate leader than the European Union ...

1don MSN

Japan’s leader demands answers from China over schoolboy’s fatal stabbing

A 10-year-old boy attending a Japanese school in southern China has died after being stabbed on his way to class on Wednesday ...

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