TOKYO – The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate Wednesday to about 0.25% from zero to about 0.1%, acting to curb the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar.

PARIS – Daiki Hashimoto conjured up some late magic to help Japan win Olympic men’s team gymnastics gold on Monday as arch-rivals China stumbled with the title within their grasp.

PARIS – Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama of Japan took gold and silver in women’s street skateboarding at the Paris Olympics on Sunday and Rayssa Leal of Brazil got bronze to win her second medal in the sport.

PARIS – Paris has long been a city of dreamers: Just look at the Eiffel Tower, for decades the world’s loftiest structure. Audacity also underpins the French capital’s plans for its first Olympic Games in a century, which open Friday with an opening ceremony for the ages.

TOKYO – As Japan copes with an influx of tourists driven by the yen’s weakness, a growing number of restaurant and attraction operators are looking at charging foreign visitors more, a development that has sparked concerns it may conflict with how the country wants to market itself.

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he respects U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election, as he stressed the two countries’ alliance remains vital.

TOKYO – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologized Wednesday to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law as Japan’s top court ruled it was unconstitutional and the government must pay damages to plaintiffs.

TOKYO – Japan plans to increase jet fuel production and imports to address a pick-up in demand from flights amid a boom in tourism, according to a draft government plan presented on Tuesday.

TOKYO – The Japanese government has recently adopted a policy against the development of fully autonomous lethal weapons, stressing that the use of such arms should never be allowed across the world.

UJI, Kyoto – A monument dedicated to the victims of the July 18, 2019, arson-murder attack on Kyoto Animation’s headquarters in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, was completed on Sunday.