TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Japan's service activity grew at its slowest pace in 11 months in April, as ‌uncertainty and rising costs from the war in the ‌Middle East weighed on sentiment, a ...

“WE WORK for the nation, not for the cabinet minister,” crows Kazagoshi Shingo, the hero of “The Summer of Bureaucrats”, a Japanese novel. Kazagoshi, an official at the ministry of trade and industry, ...

Japanese trains are famous for cleanliness and punctuality. If a bullet train is five minutes late, it’s national news. Railway companies also operate large station shopping complexes and have played ...

TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's service sector activity expanded in February, extending gains for one-and-a half years, a business survey showed on Tuesday, helped by solid demand in tourism and ...