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Is it because he is not involved in the corruption surrounding the Tokyo Olympics? Or is it because he is absolutely confident that the investigations will not reach him? At around 6:00 p.m. on April 19, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, 85, slowly got ... ( read original story ...)

But as our staff returns to our Tokyo base following the Golden Week vacation period, we’re reminded that Japan’s capital is also one of its most diversely fascinating places. There’s no shortage of wonderful ways to spend a day within the city limits, ( read original story ...)

Will room service bring you caviar? Does your suite have its own butler? Does the bathroom have a bidet? Find out below. Bulgari Tokyo is the eighth hotel for Italy’s storied fashion house-cum-hospitality brand. But the 98-room hotel — occupying floors ... ( read original story ...)

SEIT 1898 highlights century-old designs (that were originally conceived by the company’s founder, Paul Morszeck, for nascent car travel) next to recent, hyper-modern concepts, such as an aluminum case reimagined by the artist Fabian Bergmark Näsman with a thicket of polished, protruding “horns.” ( read original story ...)

Despite the recent nationwide review of controversial school rules, there are still prominent examples of control-oriented regulations and op･･･ ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police said the crane was lifting an excavator when it toppled over onto a van, a truck and one other vehicle, and a man in his 50s became trapped in the van and was later confirmed dead, while a man in the truck was seriously injured with a broken leg. ( read original story ...

WOW (Women on Wheels) Yokohama rally to take place on May 21st Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 16: The joy of motoring lifestyle meets the spirit of women empowerment as the highly anticipated WOW ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s stocks reached their highest level in 33 years on Tuesday, propelled by growing hopes of higher governance standards and more serious regard for shareholders after decades of lacklustre returns. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's Topix index ended Tuesday at its highest level in around 33 years as stocks were lifted by overnight gains on Wall Street and ... ( read original story ...)

Smile education’ coach Keiko Kawano says more and more people have developed a ‘complex’ about smiling ... ( read original story ...)

Asia stocks mostly held firm on Tuesday, despite weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data, with Japan's broad share index hitting a 33-year high on a rally in chipmakers following U.S. tech sector ... ( read original story ...)

Japan hosts G7 leaders in Hiroshima this week hoping to drive home the dangers of nuclear weapons and push for progress on disarmament.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said he chose Hiroshima for the ... ( read original story ...)

The four-time Grand Slam champion, Naomi Osaka, shared her feelings about misogynistic views placed on her after the announcement of her pregnancy and withdrawal from tennis until 2024. Osaka tweeted ... ( read original story ...)

A man died and another was injured on Tuesday after a mobile crane toppled and hit nearby cars at a construction site in Tokyo's Shin ... ( read original story ...)

But Taro Kono, the country’s 60-year-old Digital Minister, is on a mission to bring Japan’s reality bit by bit closer to its oft-perceived modernistic image.Kono may have his own lifesize mechanical avatar designed by a professor at Osaka University—”I’m hoping to use it to let people know about the new national ID card we’re issuing, ( ...

Japan’s Topix rose, headed for its highest close since August 1990, as foreign buying and locally driven corporate governance improvements lift stocks to levels not seen since the nation’s bubble economy burst. ( read original story ...)