Japan’s largest life insurer plans to reduce its holdings of the nation’s sovereign bonds, even as higher yields have attracted more domestic buyers and overseas investors to the haven asset.

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At Dankotuwa Porcelain, when I thought it was time to retire at 60, the Japanese would have none of it. “In Japan, life begins at sixty, they told me,” and I had to hold on. The Japanese value ...

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Dismissed police inspector Abhay Kurundkar received a life sentence for the 2016 murder of assistant police inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore, despite her body parts never being recovered. The court ...

Originally a poet specializing in Japan's 1,000-year-old tanka form, he was the founder, producer and main playwright of an avant-garde theater troupe called Tenjo Sajiki. But he was also a maker ...

The world has few such serene places as Japan's traditional gardens. Each is a "meticulously crafted universe", said Danielle Demetriou in The Telegraph – a "near-sacred" space that invites you ...

No one should have to deal with the death of a family member and then be ignored by a Life Insurance provider.