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Sukiya, a leading beef bowl food chain in Japan, said it is shutting down almost all of its about 2,000 outlets across the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday, with Chinese markets retreating, following a broad rally on Wall Street ...

Building-products distributor QXO QXO3.81%increase; green up pointing triangle has signed a deal for Beacon Roofing Supply BECN 0.02%increase; green up pointing triangle after months of trying to ...

Beacon Roofing Supply and QXO have launched discussions about a potential combination in which Brad Jacobs’ company would acquire Beacon for around $7.7 billion. The two sides said Monday that ...

TOKYO, March 6 — The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals and left in the Philippines after World War II, to coincide with the ...

"The bright shine of the new roofing is beautiful, and it will also be a pleasure to see its color gradually change," Yujun Moriyama, a temple official, told reporters. Masako Takashima, 81, who runs ...

She notes that clay features prominently in many human origin myths (from Mesopotamian, Japanese and Chinese ... every clay shingle on a roof, every pinch pot in an art class could be a potential ...

The actor has canceled his Oscars presenting gig after being diagnosed with shingles. According to Entertainment Weekly, which reported the news, the Indiana Jones actor learned of the diagnosis ...