Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.K. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will on Tuesday discuss forming a new trade accord as Britain departs from the European Union, Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s video gaming grandma, 90, plays her way into record books
Still nimble-fingered pensioner Hamako Mori holds Guinness world record as oldest gaming YouTuber ... ( read original story ...)
Stifled probes of US forces aircraft crashes in Okinawa expose one-sided Japan pacts
Since 2012 when the Ospreys were deployed to the Futenma air base, there had been calls that the aircraft presented a danger from crashes and other hazards. The 2016 incident was when those fears ... ( read original story ...)
Weekend Hot Topic, part 2: Favourite Japanese video games
GameCentral readers discuss their favourite Japanese-made video games, from Resident Evil 4 to Deadly Premonition. ( read original story ...)
Why Japan Never Built A Massive Fleet of World War II Aircraft Carriers
Japan lacked the industrial strength needed to wage a war against the United States. Yet, Japanese military planners seldom considered the limitations to their nation’s construction capabilities. One ... ( read original story ...)
Photos show where around the world Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality protests are erupting, from Tokyo to Amsterdam
Black Lives Matter demonstrators across the world are protesting systemic racism in solidarity with the U.S. following the killing of George Floyd. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Coronavirus Numbers Are Low. Are Masks the Reason?
In America, masks have become a weapon in the culture wars. In Japan, wearing one is no big deal, and deaths have stayed low. ( read original story ...)
SEC targets crypto multi-level marketing scheme in new lawsuit
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday that it has filed charges against the alleged operators of a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme.The post SEC targets crypto multi-level ... ( read original story ...)
Kurdish case becomes rallying cry for Japan protest against police
The case of a Kurdish man who says he was stopped and shoved to the ground by Tokyo police became a rallying cry for protesters marching in solidarity with Black Lives Matter on Saturday. Several ... ( read original story ...)
Contact-tracing and peer pressure: how Japan has controlled coronavirus
Tracking of Covid-19 patients has kept deaths low – but social etiquette has played its part too, says Dr Tomoya Saito of Japan’s National Institute of Public Health ... ( read original story ...)
Toranomon Hills Station opens on Tokyo’s Hibiya Line
The Hibiya subway line got its first new stop in 56 years Saturday as Tokyo Metro Co. opened Toranomon Hills Station to the public. The station, which lies between Kasumigaseki and Kamiyacho stations, ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban calls for coronavirus-safe shelters
The designer wants the Japanese government to have a stock of easily assembled structures ready to be used in case a disaster strikes ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 hopeful Sophie McKinna on working two jobs to achieve Olympic dream
Working two jobs is a lot for anyone to take on, let alone an elite athlete on a mission to make her first Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Protests in Australia, Japan embrace ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement
The rolling, global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities, sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis after a police officer detaining him knelt on ... ( read original story ...)
Protests take place in Australia, Japan and Thailand
Reuters Thousands of people took to the streets in Australia on Saturday to support protests against police brutality across the U.S. Demonstrations were limited by social-distancing curbs due to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan advocate for daughter, others abducted to NKorea dies
Shigeru Yokota, a Japanese campaigner for the return of his daughter and more than a dozen others who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970s, has died. He was ... ( read original story ...)