Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run inn Tomoko Kobayashi operates in her near-deserted hometown ...

Niigata University and major food delivery company Oisix ra daichi Inc. plan to establish a university-corporate educational partnership program, the first of its kind in Japan, that will deliver a ...

Strawberry Hill Arboretum saw the removal of many of its invasive Japanese barberry plants on Feb. 27. The effort was made up ...

Local digital currency systems are being used with increasing frequency, not only to boost local spending, but also to attract more “foreign” money from visitors, help address community issues and for ...

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The International Monetary Fund urged Japan to keep raising interest rates and avoid loosening fiscal policy further, warning that trimming the consumption tax would erode its capacity to respond to ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - As tax season approaches, taxpayers are gathering W-2 forms, mortgage interest statements and receipts to prepare their income tax returns. David Kembel, owner and president of ...

Japan cut crypto taxes from 55% to 20% and reclassified digital assets under the same framework as stocks. XRP captured $21.7B in Japanese fiat-to-crypto purchases from July 2024 to June 2025, ...

Ohio has lost more than $80 million in state revenue since launching its tax credit program, which adds another layer of public support for private schools on top of vouchers, Seventy‑four scholarship ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginians filing their 2025 state income taxes will see a new voluntary donation option after legislation passed by Republican Delegate Wendell Walker, representing district ...

TOKYO--Japan's prime minister used her victory speech to reaffirm that she will press ahead with a tax cut, a campaign promise that has proved popular with voters but stoked fiscal worries. After ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), places a red paper rose on the name of ...