The number of private properties for vacation rental in Japan has declined as the COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered the travel demand, dashing hopes for more foreign visitors during the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Baseball: Akiyama throws 7 shutout innings to end Hanshin’s skid
Takumi Akiyama tossed seven innings of four-hit ball as the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers snapped their three-game losing sk ... ( read original story ...)
In major blow to Suga, opposition party-backed Takeharu Yamanaka wins Yokohama mayoral election
Takeharu Yamanaka’s victory in the Yokohama mayoral also puts the brakes on the city's efforts to host a casino resort in the waterfront Yamashita Pier district. ( read original story ...)
Exit polls show ally of Japan’s Suga losing Yokohama election, NHK says
An ally of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was set to lose a mayoral race in Yokohama on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said, citing exit polls, in a blow for the unpopular premier who faces a ... ( read original story ...)
Opposition candidate assured of victory in Yokohama mayoral election
Opposition-backed Takeharu Yamanaka won the Yokohama mayoral election on Sunday, defeating a Liberal Democratic Party candidate backed by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, according to Kyodo News ... ( read original story ...)
Iran urges Japan to release billions in blocked funds amid U.S. sanctions
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan to release Iranian funds frozen in the country because of U.S. sanctions, Iranian state TV reported after the president met on Sunday with the visiting ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake magnitude 5.2 strikes Japan, no tsunami warning
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 11.24 a.m., with its epicentre at a latitude of 37.6 degrees north and a longitude of 141.7 degrees east, and at depth of 60 ... ( read original story ...)
Significant magnitude 5.6 earthquake 94 km northeast of Iwaki, Japan
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake near Iwaki, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, Japan, was reported only 12 minutes ago by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilien ... ( read original story ...)
Private lodgings business in Japan shrinks amid global spread of COVID-19 infections
The number of private properties for vacation rental in Japan has declined as the COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered the travel demand, dashing hopes for more foreign visitors during the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Watch: white filly Sodashi triumphs against older rivals in the Sapporo Kinen
The distinctive white filly Sodashi made a winning return to the track on Sunday to fend off Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hopeful Loves Only You in the Grade 2 Sapporo Kinen. Sodashi and Hayato Yoshida ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Paralympics press ahead to allow students to attend
Plans are afoot to allow tens of thousands of school children to attend the Tokyo Paralympics despite the coronavirus delta variant spreading among teenagers and those even younger who are not ... ( read original story ...)
Northern Ontario athletes go for gold in Tokyo Paralympics
The hand sanitizer dispensers in Tokyo have been refilled as the city receives another round of athletes from all over the world. ( read original story ...)
Japan releases Y10 billion pandemic response loan to the PH
Japan has released Y10 billion (approximately P4.6 billion) to the Government of the Philippines the final tranche of the Post Disaster Standby Loan Phase 2 (PDSL 2) to supplement the country’s ... ( read original story ...)
5.2-magnitude quake strikes Japan, no tsunami warning
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the richter scale struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Sunday, authorities said, adding that no tsunami warning was issued. According to the Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)
5.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
TOKYO. KAZINFORM - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Xinhua reports. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama voters were casting ballots for mayor seen as bellwether for Japan PM Suga
Monitoring Desk Yokohama voters were casting ballots for mayor on Sunday in an election expected to affect unpopular Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s prospects for keeping his post amid a COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)