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Barilla, the Italian-owned pasta company, has been hit with a class action complaint that says the brand misleads people into thinking its products are made in Italy.

Known for 35mm film cameras, Olympus now focuses on more advanced cameras, the kinds doctors use to look inside your organs. Foreign CEOs are rare in Japan.

In a country that doesn’t welcome pets to many establishments, Japanese tech giant Fujitsu is encouraging its Kawasaki workers to bring their dogs to promote flexible working.

U.S. fast fashion brands such as Forever 21 and American Eagle are set to return to the Japanese retail market. They both previously left the market in 2019.

Telexistence, a robot company that operates out of Tokyo, is looking to use a robot, named TX SCARA, to replace 'repetitive' and 'boring' jobs currently done by humans.

Toyota is planning to invest $3.8 billion into a battery production plant in North Carolina, the company announced. Toyota expects a surge in demand for electronic vehicles.

Toyota is investing $5.6 billion to boost manufacturing of electric batteries for both the U.S. and Japanese markets.

A former Tokyo Olympic committee board member and three people from a clothing company that sponsored the 2020 Games have been arrested on bribery suspicions.

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. seemingly closes all of its locations in Italy seven years after it entered the market with a plan to open hundreds of stores in the European country.

Nippon Denkai's American subsidiary announced plans for a $150 million copper and foil plant to be built in Augusta, GA. The plant was originally announced to be built in Camden, S.C.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who set the tone for Japan's economic future, was assassinated Friday while giving a campaign speech in Nara prefecture.

Twitter and Facebook said Friday that they will be deleting any videos of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

United States Steel CEO David Burritt explained why he is pleased with the deal with Japan to cut tariffs on the commodity.

The Chinese communist government fined the Japanese-owned 7-Eleven convenience store chain in Beijing more than $23,000 for labeling Taiwan a country.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet approved on Friday a record $940 billion budget for the next fiscal year as COVID-19 responses added to the costs of supporting an aging population and rising military outlays to cope with China.

A forthcoming flight to space by a Japanese billionaire will allow the public to have a closer look at life on board the International Space Station, the president of Space Adventures, a company that organized the flight, said Friday.

Chipotle's new smoked brisket is getting a flood of reviews from critics and customers alike.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has added smoked brisket as a new protein option at its U.S. and Canada stores, and it will only be available for a limited time.

Yoshihide Suga told reporters that heading Japan’s pandemic response and campaigning to lead his governing Liberal Democratic Party at the same time divided his energies.

Toshiba Corp's second-biggest shareholder on Sunday demanded the board chairman and three other directors resign immediately after an investigation found the company had colluded with the Japanese government to pressure foreign investors.