Okinawa Business News

It recently traded at 75.042, down from 75.760 in North American trading late Friday. The euro pressed back above the psychologically important $1.50 level for the first time since Oct. 26. It struggled to push much higher and recently traded...

The Japan New Zealand Partnership Forum was again very successful in building stronger partnerships between business interests in both countries. The underlying theme of food safety and security was at the forefront of discussions and continues to dominate Asia with...

Willard Oliver was one of about 400 Navajo Indians employed by the Americans during the Pacific war to confound the Japanese by transmitting coded radio messages in their Diné language. Choctaw and Cherokee Indians had already carried communications messages in...

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday upgraded its overall assessment of the economy for the second straight quarter for the first time since 2004, citing a further rise in manufacturing. For the July-September quarter, the ministry said that although the economy...

The disclosure came after Japan's left-leaning government ended more than half a century of conservative rule and launched a probe into thousands of files to settle longstanding suspicions of a hush-hush pact. Any evidence of an agreement would trigger charges...