Month: August 2024

Did you know that Rockstar briefly considered releasing a Grand Theft Auto game set in Tokyo? Speculation about a Japanese edition of the crime sandbox caper has been rife for several years, especially after Take-Two famously filed trademarks for a game ... ( read original story ...)

As the dust has settled from the 2024 Olympics in Paris, it has been reported that 30.6 million on average watched the Olympics, representing an 82 percent increase from the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, writes Hannah Miller for Bloomberg. The number was ... ( read original story ...)

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a rare, 17th-century Japanese samurai sword from the wreckage of a cellar that was destroyed during World War II.The team discovered the heavily corroded short sword, ( read original story ...)

However it is the 2018 final at Flushing Meadows between Williams and Naomi Osaka that will go down as one of the most remarkable - but not only for Osaka's breakthrough moment. The Japanese star is back in New York in 2024 - where she was also champion in ... ( read original story ...)

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 27 - The Amerigo Vespucci historic Italian navy training and sailing ship "is a symbol of the Italian system, which we as General Commissariat for Italy at the 2025 Expo Osaka bring as a crew to recount our country, make it better known ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - On your next visit to Japan, you may wonder why some of its taxi drivers do not have their hands on the steering wheels. In November, Japan-based tech start-up Tier IV will launch the country’s first Level 4 self-driving taxi service. Level 4 ... ( read original story ...)

For her highly-anticipated return to the US Open today, Naomi Osaka is hoping to evoke a touch of magic. The 26-year-old tennis player has revealed one of the competition looks she will wear onto the court — and it might surprise you. While modern tennis ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo condemned the Chinese military plane's incursion as a "serious violation of sovereignty." Japan summoned a Beijing diplomat to protest the surveillance aircraft entering its airspace. Japan on Tuesday lambasted what it said was a violation of its ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said that the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) has suspended FITs and feed-in premiums (FIPs) for 342 agrivoltaic power plants. The plants reportedly violated the revised Agricultural ... ( read original story ...)

Its vehicles look like sleek grey minivans that will run on demand between Tokyo Teleport Station, Kokusai Tenjijo Station and Miraikan Museum. These taxis will have a person in the driver’s seat, but they will only supervise the vehicle’s autonomous ... ( read original story ...)