England won the SheBelieves Cup for the first time on this day in 2019 with a 3-0 victory over Japan. Lucy Staniforth, Karen Carney and Beth Mead all scored in the first half as the Lionesses followed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Lawmaker Says Any New BOJ Accord Would Be Disruptive
It’s not yet the time to consider an exit from the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy, said Hiroshige Seko, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s upper-house secretary general.Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Cam Levins sets North American record at Tokyo Marathon
Canada's Cam Levins refined his running style after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and had the race of his life on Sunday to meet the Paris 2024 Olympic standard time. ( read original story ...)
Japan Planning Steps to End South Korea Trade Rift, Yomiuri Says
The Japanese government is planning to lift restrictions on exports of key electronics components to South Korea, as part of a deal for the country to withdraw its complaint to the World Trade ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude-5.1 Offshore Earthquake Hits Ryukyu Islands, Japan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 offshore hit Saturday the Japanese Ryukyu Islands. The European Mediterranean ... ( read original story ...)
Retro Japan: Creative southwest Japan art facility looks like giant playground equipment
The creative structure of an entire art facility building in this southwestern Japan city designed by internationally renowned architect Arata･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Baseball: Sasaki dominant, Okamoto homers in Japan’s WBC warm-up win
Roki Sasaki pitched three scoreless innings, and Kazuma Okamoto hit a tiebreaking solo home run as Japan's World Baseball Classic te ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo unveils egg-freezing fund for women, fears historic low birth rate has Japan ‘on the brink’ of crisis
Japan has grappled with its declining birth rate for almost a decade, culminating in the lowest on record since the country started keeping records in 1899. ( read original story ...)
Uh oh! The crypto collapse has reached the real financial system
The bank developed the Silvergate Exchange Network, which was a way for crypto institutions such as Coinbase, Gemini, and Kraken to transact in dollars 24/7. “We’ve got all of them,” Lane said in 2022 ...
Baseball: Roki Sasaki dominant, Kazuma Okamoto homers in Japan’s WBC warm-up win
Roki Sasaki pitched three scoreless innings, and Kazuma Okamoto hit a tiebreaking solo home run as Japan's World Baseball Classic te ... ( read original story ...)
USS Albacore, World War II submarine lost at sea for almost 80 years, found off coast of Japan
Ohio teen Johnny Carano was among 85 crewmen lost when the USS Albacore hit a mine in 1944. The submarine’s wreckage has been found off Japan's coast. ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s favorite bank is on the brink. What happens if Silvergate fails?
It immediately felt the effect, with the bank suffering from outflows of $8.1 billion in digital asset deposits in the fourth quarter of 2022 alone. By the end of December, its total deposits sat ...
Tokyo and Seoul mending frayed ties
TOKYO: Japan and South Korea are considering settling a dispute over wartime labour compensation and other issues in a package deal amid growing momentum toward improving ties, a diplomatic source ... ( read original story ...)
Professor: Mega-quake after-effects could kill 76,000 in Japan
A Japanese expert estimates as many as 76,000 people would die from after-effects of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough along Japan's Pacific Coast. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo taps AI to quench Japan’s thirst for cocktails in a can
Known as chuhai, Japan's ready-to-drink market has roughly doubled in the past decade, leading to diverse preferences on flavor, alcohol content and other factors. Sapporo sees its new product ... ( read original story ...)
Japan pledges financial aid to help ASEAN combat climate change
As the chair of the Group of Seven nations (G7) this year, Japan will hold a ministerial meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo on April 15-16. ( read original story ...)