Month: August 2023

Passengers on Japan's super-fast bullet trains have long enjoyed ordering coffee, ice cream or boxed lunches from staff pushing a snack cart, savouring the treats as they whipped past landmarks such as Mount Fuji. ( read original story ...)

A senior Japanese politician is advocating for increasing his country’s deterrence ability to ensure peace in the region, and called for that message to be clearly conveyed globally — particularly in ... ( read original story ...)

Azabudai Hills, the latest large-scale real estate project by Mori Building Co., will open for business on Nov. 24, seeking to boost Tokyo’s attractiveness as an international destination. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is a unique blend of hospitality, a culture of wisdom dating back thousands of years, and life on the cutting edge of technology. And this is a city where the Church of Scientology is right at ... ( read original story ...)

A large grass fire broke out at the Itabashi Fireworks Festival in northwestern Tokyo on Saturday, August 5, forcing the cancellation of the event due to safety concerns. According to ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday on the back of gains on Wall Street ahead of US inflation data later this week. ( read original story ...)

DRX has played two VALORANT games so far in L.A. and they were both highly contested battles against some of the best lineups from across the Americas and EMEA region. Though doubts were cast over DRX’s condition, they won both games 2-1 over LOUD and NAVI to breeze straight through the group stage. ( read ...

Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday, tracking the first rise of the Dow Jones index in four days overnight with concern receding over prolonged rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks reversed earlier losses and ended higher Monday as investors searched for bargains while cheering strong corporate earnings. ( read original story ...)

The "Biles on the vault," a Yurchenko half-on with two twists, was first successfully completed on the world stage at the 2018 World Championships. Yurchenko is a type of move named after Soviet gymnast Natalia Yurchenko that involves a round-off onto the spring board, followed by a back handspring on the vault. ( read original ...

In any case, when she landed, she had absolutely no inkling that in two months’ time, she would be mayor of Suginami, the seventh largest of Tokyo’s 23 central wards, with a population of over ... ( read original story ...)

A Belarusian sprinter whose team tried to force her out of the Tokyo Olympics has been declared eligible to represent Poland ahead of the upcoming world championships. ( read original story ...)