TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. “The economy is gradually recovering,” BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda told reporters after a two-day policy board meeting in Tokyo.

China's relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.

Officially, Indiana will be the home team on the scoreboard when it plays San Antonio in Paris on Thursday. The Pacers know better. They will not be feeling right at home. “It’s going to be a big crowd against us,

TOKYO (AP) — Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave roiling Japan's entertainment industry and have triggered an avalanche of lost advertising at one of the networks where he worked.

Japan and Australia, U.S. officials say. The so-called Quad grouping is a main component of the U.S. strategy to blunt increasing Chinese influence and aggression in the Indo-Pacific, an ...

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Left-handed pitcher Hideo No

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Lunch time was a delight at Kona’s Coffee, a Hawaiian pancake cafe in Tokorozawa city that has locations in Tokyo and throughout Japan. This eatery combines coffee, pancakes and a great Hawaiian dining experience.

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San Antonio's culinary scene is hotter than meemaw's skillet on a Sunday right now. Earlier this week, the James Beard Foundation named its latest crop of semifinalists for its prestigious Restaurant and Chef Awards.

San Antonio's food scene is well represented in the semifinalist list for the 2025 James Beard Awards. Why it matters: A James Beard win — one of the food world's highest honors, which has long eluded San Antonio — would cement the city's status as a culinary powerhouse.

Dae Gee, a Korean barbecue franchise made its debut Dec. 20 in the Blanco Pointe retail center at 19186 Blanco Road, Ste. 103, San Antonio. Based in Denver, the franchise operates 5 across Colorado and has one location in Indiana and one in Mexico,