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Japan's supermarket employees are being driven to exhaustion from the pressure to keep selling daily necessities and food amid the spread of ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

People wearing masks walk on the street in Nagoya, Japan, April 17, 2020. (/Handout via Xinhua) As Japan enters the first weekend after a state of emergency was expanded nationwide, the number of ... ( read original story ...)

A spa in this northeastern Japan city has begun delivering hot spring water to bring a little extra joy to people stuck at home am･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

You may not have heard of Seishi Yokomizo. It’s even less likely that you have read any of his highly original crime novels. Yet Yokomizo is one of the towering figures of Japanese crime fiction, born ... ( read original story ...)

DAN CARTER'S INSTAGRAM POST SAYING HE IS LEAVING KOBE STEELERS / FILE FOOTAGE OF CARTER IN TOKYO AND CARTER PREPARING FOR 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL / STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF CARTER FROM 2015 RUGBY WORLD ... ( read original story ...)

Under increasing pressure from athletes, and Tokyo Games organisers last month postponed the 2020 Games for one year as the coronavirus s ... ( read original story ...)

A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's southern Ogasawara Islands on Saturday, seismologists confirmed. ( read original story ...)

The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 gave Canadian gymnast Ellie Black the gift of time. The 24-year-old from Halifax tore an ankle ligament landing a vault during last October's world ... ( read original story ...)

The Veyron started out as an impromptu sketch, but on the back of an envelope, not a napkin. In 1997, Volkswagen Group CEO Ferdinand Piëch was a riding a Shinkansen high-speed train between Tokyo and ... ( read original story ...)

Live updates from around the world; Lessons from Hokkaido's second wave of infections; Groups of doctors at GP surgeries in the city are assisting hospitals with the testing of po ... ( read original story ...)

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Japan rose to 10,000 on Saturday, NHK public broadcaster said, just days after a was extend ... ( read original story ...)

In 1997, on the “Shinkansen” express train between Tokyo and Nagoya, a sketch was created that would change the automotive world. Following a discussion with the then Head of Powertrain Development at ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Saturday reported 556 new cases of the coronavirus, surpassing the total of 10,000 about three months after the first case was detected in the country. ( read original story ...)

China on Saturday reported 27 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, as it tries to stem an upsurge in infections in a northeastern province bordering Russia. Twenty of the new cases were in Heilongjiang ... ( read original story ...)

This attack against major Japanese cities — Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya and Kobe — would take a combined effort of the U.S. Navy and Army Air Forces. The mission consisted of sixteen B-25 medium ... ( read original story ...)

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – The Hanshin Tigers have donated 4,500 rain ponchos to the city of Osaka for use as emergency protective gear in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic the club revealed ... ( read original story ...)