Get to know a few of the most common metal roofing options: Tile roofs are great at resisting rot and are low-maintenance and energy-efficient. They’re not suitable for all roof slopes ...

Thatched roofs were once a common sight in the Japanese countryside, but they started to disappear in the 1950s, when people began migrating en masse to the cities. You can still see them in ...

Breaking news every morning: Sign up for USA TODAY's Daily Briefing newsletter. The airport is expected to resume operations on Thursday. Unexploded bombs in Japan not uncommon Finding unexploded ...

Birmingham-headquartered CTD Tiles was one of Britain’s largest tile suppliers before it collapsed, trading from 87 stores and employing around 580 staff. Last year was the first year of trading ...

TOKYO, Japan — A key quarterly survey of Japanese businesses showed on Tuesday no significant change in confidence levels among the country’s biggest manufacturers, while large non ...

JAPANESE big manufacturers’ business sentiment was steady in the three months to September, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Tuesday, a sign the economy continues to recover despite ...

But the survey found Japanese companies remain cautious about the outlook. While big manufacturers expect conditions to improve three months ahead, non-manufacturers project conditions to worsen ...

TOKYO--Sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers held steady during the three months to September, with optimism levels stable as they weighed the impact of China's economic slowdown and the ...

TOKYO—Sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers held steady during the three months to September, a Bank of Japan survey showed, indicating that uncertainties over the global economy kept ...

A closely watched survey in Japan shows that business sentiment among large manufacturers was flat for the last quarter. The Bank of Japan's "Tankan" puts the index at plus-13 for the July through ...