Sales at McDonald’s Holdings Co (Japan) Ltd’s own and franchise stores climbed to an all-time high in 2010 for the fifth consecutive year, rising 2% from a year earlier to 542.7 billion yen, according to a preliminary report released by the company Wednesday....

Sales at Uniqlo casual clothing stores in December fell 15.5% from a year earlier on a same-store basis in Japan, marking the fifth consecutive month....

Japanese government and industries are likely to invest $6.4 billion in green energy technologies over the next 15 months.

Việt Nam and Japan in 2010 gained a two-way trade volume of over US $16 billion, a year-on-year increase of 24%, according to a seminar held today in Hồ Chí Minh City

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoàng Tuấn Anh has asked Japan to help Việt Nam in preserving cultural heritages, training athletes and provide more ODA for improving local tourism.