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Prosecutors searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi on Tuesday in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. Kyodo said Takahashi is thought to have received around 45 million yen…

Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games

Oil prices rose on Friday amid prospects of a less aggressive US rate hike, although worries about a recovery in demand capped gains. Brent crude futures for September delivery rose 94 cents, or 1.0%, to $100.04 a barrel by 0630 GMT, while WTI crude rose 63 cents, or 0.7%, to…

Firm’s president at time of disaster among four defendants found liable for £80bn in damage by Tokyo court

With prayers, flowers and flags draped in black ribbons, Japan on Tuesday said farewell to Shinzo Abe, a polarizing figure who dominated politics as the country's longest-serving premier, before being gunned down at a campaign rally last week. Crowds packed pavements lined with a heavy police presence as the hearse…

People line streets as hearse carrying Abe’s body is driven around Tokyo after private funeral at the Zojoji Temple.

Tetsuya Yamagami’s mother attends meetings, says Unification church, after he told investigators of grudge

A police investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe prompted the head of the country's branch the Unification Church to confirm on Monday that the mother of the suspect in the killing is a member.

Ruling bloc’s victory will revive effort to amend Japan’s pacifist constitution, a long-held goal of Shinzo Abe.