Month: May 2022

KARATSU, Saga -- A museum in this southwestern Japan city launched a program on May 2 for the general public to experience a tea ceremony in a replica of the "golden tea room" of 16th century ... ( read original story ...)

The official film of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, directed by Naomi Kawase, has been chosen for the Cannes Film Festival, where Munich 1972 documentary ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will ban Russian crude oil imports "in principle," as part of a Group of Seven (G7) campaign to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said after an online meeting of ... ( read original story ...)

The health crisis has highlighted the merits of the unmanned dispensers, leading to a flurry of new — and sometimes bizarre — products being offered by the electronic boxes. ( read original story ...)

But Elon Musk has managed to get everyone to agree on one important thing: he fills a great leadership vacuum that the world is currently experiencing because of the distrust of political leaders. ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing told Tokyo not to go along with U.S. and U.K. plans to expand NATO's presence in the Asia-Pacific region. ( read original story ...)

About 2,100 people attended the event on Sunday in the city of Yokohama. It was co-sponsored by Kanagawa Prefecture and other entities. The Ukrainian region of Odesa and Kanagawa have friendly ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka says feeling happy is now her primary life goal rather than winning tennis matches as she opened up on her mental health journey. ( read original story ...)

Julie was also caught complaining about her roommates to her husband -- and telling him she was trying to make "good TV" because they were all boring. Three episodes into "Real World Homecoming ... ( read original story ...)

As the public in Japan demands its government to return the cultural relics plundered from China, Chinese scholars told the Global Times on Sunday that "breakthroughs can be expected in tracing back ... ( read original story ...)

Regional governments in Japan have used them for promotion, and "The Batman" stars Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz even gave a recent interview to a top Japanese VTuber. VTubers generate money in ... ( read original story ...)

At the Indian Wells Open earlier this year, Naomi Osaka’s return to tennis was continuing wonderfully. She seemed at ease when she appeared at a pretournament press conference in early March, where ... ( read original story ...)

Nationwide, Japan confirmed 39,328 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, an increase of about 14,000 from a week before. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 4,711 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday. The daily tally is up about 1,500 from a week ago, marking the second consecutive day of week-on-week ... ( read original story ...)