A rapidly developing low pressure system is expected to bring high winds to Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido and the northeastern region of Tohoku. Winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour are ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘national resilience’ has taken a battering
Tetrapod flood defences are everywhere in Japan but the country’s current vulnerabilities cannot be fixed with concrete © Eric Lafforgue/Corbis/Getty ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Omicron wave: 90% deaths were in people over 60
In Tokyo during the sixth wave of COVID-19 (Omicron) that started at the beginning of the year, data shows more than 70% had some kind of preexisting condition, and the infection route for about ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Says She ‘Regrets’ Experience at Tokyo Olympics Via Instagram Post
The 24-year-old wrote a lengthy Instagram caption on Saturday explaining that she has been reflecting on her 2021 Olympic experience and now “regrets” that she didn’t enjoy her time in Tokyo for the ... ( read original story ...)
‘We’re in danger of forgetting’: congressman’s warning 80 years after Japanese American incarceration
Takano’s paternal grandfather was a teenager when he arrived in the US from Japan in 1916. He worked and saved until he had enough money to marry. So-called alien land laws prevented him from buying ... ( read original story ...)
‘We’re in danger of forgetting,’ US warned, 80 years after Japanese American incarceration
Takano’s paternal grandfather was a teenager when he arrived in the US from Japan in 1916. He worked and saved until he had enough money to marry. So-called alien land laws prevented him from buying ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic champion Kipchoge to participate in Tokyo Marathon
Feb 18 (Reuters) - Marathon world record holder and Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge will make his competitive return at the Tokyo Marathon next month, the Kenyan announced on Friday. Kipchoge, who ... ( read original story ...)
A UK relay team has been stripped of its silver medals from the Tokyo Olympics after a sprinter failed a drug test
Great Britain's men's 4x100 meter relay team was stripped of its medals from the Tokyo Olympics. Sprinter CJ Ujah tested positive for a banned substance after the Games in August. His 4x100 relay ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo ramen chain brings the heat with Carolina Reaper miso soup
For these people, a chain that services the Greater Tokyo Area called Bankara Ramen has developed what they feel is the ultimate in spicy ramen. The Mala Noodle Emperor is a pork bone broth with ... ( read original story ...)
Seahawks star DK Metcalf’s wild Olympics plan after failing to qualify for Tokyo
That’s exactly why he tried to make the US Team for the Tokyo Summer Olympics, but it didn’t exactly go to plan. While Metcalf ran a 10.36 100-yard dash in Eugene, Oregon at the Qualifying ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and South Korea in row over mines that used forced labour
Seoul furious at Japanese bid for Unesco listing for Sado gold mine complex, which used slave labour in the 1940s Last modified on Sat 19 Feb 2022 09.58 EST Japan has set itself on a diplomatic ... ( read original story ...)
Are Japan And Canada High Income Country?
Is Japan A High Income Country? Japan’s economy is highly developed as a free-market economy. In nominal GDP terms, it is the third largest country in the world, and in purchasing power parity terms, ... ( read original story ...)
Silicon Valley Bigwigs Bet on Crypto Rise
Sequoia is the latest to invest in a separate crypto fund, a sign that crypto growth will probably outlast this phase of market volatility. Cryptocurrencies might be posting losses for its investors ... ( read original story ...)
Sequoia, VC Firms Continue To Bet Big on Crypto Despite Slump
Sequoia is the latest to invest in a separate crypto fund, a sign that crypto growth will probably outlast this phase of market volatility. Cryptocurrencies might be posting losses for its investors ... ( read original story ...)
‘I Was Supposed To Die There’: 80 Years On From the Creation of Japanese-American Internment Camps
We Japanese Americans lost everything, and even worse, we lost our dignity," Tomita said. The forced evacuation resulted in a total property loss estimated to be roughly $3.7 billion, and a net income ... ( read original story ...)
Japan student admits to leaking university entrance exam questions two years in a row
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department had sent files on the woman, who lives in Osaka Prefecture, to public prosecutors on Feb. 10 on suspicion she fraudulently obstructed business of the National ... ( read original story ...)