Month: August 2024

W Warner Music Japan has appointed Dr. Kenji Kitatani to the resurrected role of chairman of the label division, effective immediately. Dr. Kitatani will work closely with WMJ’s longtime president and CEO, Kazuyuki “Kaz” Kobayashi, to boost the company’s presence in the globe’s No. 2 music market. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is playing tennis not because she needs to, but because she loves to. That is far more important than her results at this US Open. ( read original story ...)

Live updates of the first-round matches in New York as the men’s and women’s world No 1s get their tournaments underway ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Wednesday braced for Typhoon Shanshan, with heavy rain and strong winds forecast, forcing airlines and railways to cancel some services over the coming days. Shanshan is expected to strike Japan's southwestern Kyushu island over ... ( read original story ...)

flock to Japan for its world-renowned hospitality, exceptional sushi and ancient shrines, the country’s airlines are facing a severe shortage of pilots. And finding them won’t be easy. Japan currently has about 7,100 pilots and the government projects ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called for de-escalation in tensions amid China’s latest acts in the West Philippine Sea over the past two weeks, including the deployment of flares and ramming of a Filipino vessel. ( read original story ...)

Democratic Republic of Congo's government has asked Japan to donate at least 2 million doses of mpox vaccine, a senior official at Africa's top public health body and a Congolese official said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

An emotional Naomi Osaka made a triumphant US Open return by beating Jelena Ostapenko in a blockbuster first-round match. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO-YOKOHAMA remains the world’s largest science and technology cluster in 2024, though clusters in middle-income economies are seeing the fastest growth in the innovation sector, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN’s World Intellectual ... ( read original story ...)

Japan says a Chinese military intelligence-gathering aircraft entered its territorial airspace off remote islands in the East China Sea on Monday, the first time Tokyo has accused the People’s Liberation Army Air Force of an airspace violation and a new ... ( read original story ...)