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Tokyo stocks edged up Friday morning, helped by overnight Wall Street gains as concern eased over a U.S. economic slowdown after stronger-than-expected key employment data. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average inched higher on Friday, as chip-related stocks tracked a strong overnight performance on Wall ...

Manga artist Shirow Masamune’s “The Ghost in the Shell” is said to have predicted the information society that we live in ...