AFP - Japan's central bank kept its super-low interest rates unchanged Thursday and defied political pressure to take new steps to beat stubborn deflation in the world's second-largest economy.

AFP - The United States is ready to face "a variety of different possibilities" in talks with Japan on where to relocate a contentious US military base, its top diplomat for Asia was quoted as saying Thursday.

AFP - The head of embattled Toyota has bowed to calls to testify in US Congress as lawmakers demand a whistleblower lawyer hand over potentially damning internal company documents on alleged safety defects.

AFP - Embattled Japanese automaker Toyota pledged to learn from its mistakes in full-page adverts that ran Thursday in four major US newspapers amid anger over a massive vehicle recall.

AFP - The Japanese auto industry suffered a fresh blow to its reputation Thursday as the transport ministry announced the recall of 4,000 Isuzu trucks, after Toyota said it was checking a fault with its top model.

AFP - Eighteen people were injured, with one breaking a leg, when a passenger plane hit turbulence en route from Tokyo to Washington, Japanese police said Saturday.