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News gives Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a boost as his government tackles tough reforms.

Osaka mayor said forced prostitution in WWII helped "maintain discipline."

Markets bracing for further declines in the currency that could raise tensions with trading partners.

Acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no evidence that its troops coerced women into sexual slavery.

Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II.

Most believe the upside of cheap cash and a stronger Japanese economy outweigh the risks of a surge of capital inflows.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Itochu Corp., with France's GDF Suez, will build Turkey's second nuclear power plant.

Shinzo Abe wants to lower the hurdle to revising the democracy's charter; his opponents fear the pacifist article 9 and civil liberties provisions will be gutted.

"Abenomics" gains momentum, but industrial output lagging improvement in household sector.