The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) on October 7 granted a Geographical Indication (GI) certification for dragon fruit grown in the south central province of Binh Thuan ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto remittances are a lifeline for the world’s most vulnerable
Cryptocurrency remittances are a lifeline for Afghans after the abrupt U.S. withdrawal led to Western Union temporarily ceasing operations and banks in the country severely limiting withdrawals. As ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam leaves impression at M-Tech Osaka 2021
A Vietnamese stall at the Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo (M-Tech) in Japan’s Osaka Prefecture has attracted numerous visitors who sought cooperation opportunities. ( read original story ...)
Randy Bachman’s lost 1957 Gretsch guitar found 45 years later — in Tokyo
Randy Bachman tried filling the void left behind by a guitar — the guitar — he strummed some of rock music’s most iconic songs with. He purchased hundreds of other Gretsch guitars, but the former ... ( read original story ...)
Ritesh Sharma’s debut to have premiere at Tokyo film fest: I want the world to see my film
The Brittle Thread is set in Varanasi and it follows the story of an orchestra dancer Rani (Megha Mathur) and handloom weaver Shahdab (Muzaffar Khan) and explores the love and hate dimensions in the ... ( read original story ...)
TSMC and Sony are reportedly planning to set up a chip factory in Japan
TSMC is reportedly said to partner with Sony Corporation to set up a chip factory in Japan to curb the global chip shortage. ( read original story ...)
A 29-year-old crypto billionaire’s startup, FTX, tops the list of newly minted unicorns in the third quarter. Here are all 127 of them.
Fintech companies like FTX, founded by 29-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried, continued to dominate the list of new billion-dollar startups. ( read original story ...)
Strengthen dialogue with Japan, says Xi
President Xi Jinping and newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made the pledge when they spoke by phone on Friday. Their telephone conversation came after Kishida, leader of Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi, Japan’s New PM Hold First Talks, Agree on Need for Dialogue
Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he had agreed in his first talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping since taking office on the need to work together on issues of shared concern. ( read original story ...)
America’s big cities are turning into housing catastrophes. If we want to fix this mess, we should try and copy Tokyo.
Local US governments impose housing restrictions for purely political reasons. In Tokyo, rules are made at the national level. ( read original story ...)
Stringer Dispatch: Strong earthquake jolts Tokyo region
More than 20 people were reportedly injured following a magnitude-6.1 earthquake that jolted the Japanese capital Tokyo and its surrounding areas on October 7. CGTN's stringers in Japan have sent ... ( read original story ...)
Ray Parks held to two points in B.League debut
Ray Parks Jr. finally made his B.League debut in the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins’ 98-90 home loss to the Hiroshima Dragonflies Saturday, Oct. 9 at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan. Parks ... ( read original story ...)
Hiroshima beats Nagoya as Ray Parks held to two points
BOBBY Ray Parks was held to just two points in his debut in the 2021-22 B.League season as Nagoya Diamond Dolphins suffered their third straight loss, falling to the Hiroshima Dragonflies, 98-90, on ... ( read original story ...)
Parks sees limited minutes as Nagoya falls to Hiroshima
Parks, who missed Nagoya's first two assignments of the season due to a muscle injury, tallied only two points in the game after making just three attempts from the field. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo daily coronavirus cases fall to one-year low 82
Tokyo's government said on Saturday that new daily infections of COVID-19 in the Japanese capital declined to 82, the lowest since Oct. 19 last year. ( read original story ...)
India, Japan oppose ‘unilateral change of status quo’ in region by using force
India and Japan announced they would oppose the "unilateral change of the status quo by using force" in the region, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida talked ... ( read original story ...)