Japan’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in September, the government reported on Friday, according to Kyodo news Service.
Reports: Japan jobless rate declines
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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Japan coast
A strong earthquake struck off the south coast of Japan on Sunday night local time, "jolting Tokyo and wide areas of eastern Japan," the country’s Kyodo news agency reported.
Japan destroyers set sail on anti-piracy mission
Two Japanese destroyers set sail Saturday on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia, the Japanese defense ministry said.
Report: Freighter in collision near Japan may have sunk
A freighter with 16 crew members aboard may have sunk after colliding with a second freighter in the Pacific Ocean off Izu Oshima Island, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported Tuesday.
Japanese finance minister denies being drunk
Japan’s main opposition party will introduce a motion Tuesday to censure that country’s finance minister after he appeared to be intoxicated at a weekend news conference at the G-7 meeting in Rome, the Kyodo News agency reported.