TOKYO – Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were hanged this month for crimes committed in the 1990s, culminating in sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people an... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Sarin attack: Japan executes last Aum Shinrikyo members on death row
Japan has executed the remaining members of a cult behind the deadly 1995 Sarin attack on the Tokyo subway. The six men were the last ... was unimaginable," said justice minister Yoko Kamikawa at a ne... ( read original story ...)
Olympics – Tokyo Games venues hit by construction delays: organizers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Construction delays at two key Olympic venues could force Tokyo Games organizers into a reshuffle of test event schedules, the organizing committee said. The Olympics Aquatics Center ... ( read original story ...)
Japan executes last six members of 90s cult behind a Tokyo subway gas attack
TOKYO—The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who ... Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa called it a terrorist attack that even terrified people overseas. She said at a news conference that the s... ( read original story ...)
Japanese city blames viral NPR report for flood of ninja job inquiries
He told the Japan Times that neither the city nor ninja performing groups have any plans to recruit new performers. The city was forced to issued a statement on its website warning people of “fake new... ( read original story ...)
Death toll climbs as Japan’s record-breaking heat wave declared a natural disaster
“This heat is a threat to life,” a spokesperson for Japan’s Meteorological Agency said in a news conference Monday. “We recognize it as a natural disaster.” A spokesperson for the agency told the BBC ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Castle takoyaki stand cited for tax evasion
stand operating in Osaka City over alleged tax evasion, reports Fuji News Network (July 25). Over a three-year period ending in 2016, Tatsuko Utsunomiya, 72, whose Miyamoto-chaya stand sits at Osaka C... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The 2020 Olympics will open in 2 years, and the heat is on
“We are mindful that we do have to prepare for extreme heat,” John Coates, head of the IOC’s coordination commission for the Tokyo Games, told a recent news conference. The 1964 Games in Tokyo were he... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 organizers feel the heat two years out from Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - As Tokyo melts in a record-breaking heatwave, Olympic organizers are looking at ways to combat the heat when the 2020 Games rolls into town in two years. With the temperature reachin... ( read original story ...)
Japan hits record-high temperature amid heat wave
Thousands of people in Japan have been rushed to hospitals with heat stroke symptoms during the heat wave. Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths. Many of the victims have been elderly peop... ( read original story ...)
Nanto Sapporo Brokerage : say Japanese yen gains two-week high after bets on scaled back policy stimulus
For additional information visit www.nsbrokerage.com View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nanto-sapporo-brokerage-say-japanese-yen-gains-two-week-high-after-be... ( read original story ...)
President Kennedy Makes Maiden Call at Yokohama
Container carrier APL, together with the Yokohama Port and Harbor Bureau and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation, celebrated the maiden arrival of containership President Kennedy at the P... ( read original story ...)
Containership President Kennedy Makes Maiden Vessel Call at Yokohama
On 21 July, APL, together with the Yokohama Port and Habour Bureau and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation celebrated the maiden arrival of President Kennedy at the Port of Yokohama. Depl... ( read original story ...)
You Think Naomi Osaka Is Just ‘the Girl Who Beat Serena’? Ask Serena.
Part of the B/R POWER 50 Glow Up list. At the Miami Open in March, Naomi Osaka beat the person who inspired her to pick up a tennis racket. At age 20, she upset 36-year-old Serena Williams. (Six month... ( read original story ...)
Japan records highest temperature ever as heat wave grips region
Thousands of people in Japan have been rushed to hospitals with heat stroke symptoms during the heat wave. Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths. Many of the victims have been elderly peop... ( read original story ...)
Newly crowned Mitakeumi savors taste of first triumph
NAGOYA – Sipping sake from a giant silver cup gives the drink ... Aichi Prefecture at the traditional morning-after news conference. The Nagano Prefecture native, who entered the professional sumo wor... ( read original story ...)